Abstract:

Secularization takes place among the most discussed topics in Sociology of Religion from the foundation of the Republic until today. It is a fact that a cognitive complexity has been witnessed as a result of the statements of researchers who have various thoughts in terms of secularization. Accordingly, the paradigm being evaluated in terms of laicism-secularism in the first years of the foundation of the Republic has started to be evaluated in its real meaning in the eighties. In this study, we have tried to do a bibliographical research on works related to secularization, secularism and laicism. In Turkey where laicism has been discussed more than the concept of secularization, it has been thought that this study which sheds light on the historical process of secularization and which includes statistical data as well will provide great convenience to those who will study especially on the topic

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