Introduction, Turkey: European Dimensions and the Status of Islam; D.Jung & C.Raudvere PART I: TURKEY AND THE EU – RELIGION AND POLITICS Religion as an Argument in the Debate on Turkish EU Membership; K.Kirisci Civilization and EU-Turkey Relations; D.Kuzmanovic PART II: TURKEY AND THE EU – RELIGION AND HISTORY Europe and Turkey: Does Religion Matter?; N.Bilge Criss Adnan Menderes, Islam and his Conflict with the One-Party Era Establishment; M.Pelt PART III: TURKEY AND THE EU – RELIGION AND SECURITY 'Secularism:' A Key to Turkish Politics?; D.Jung The Politics of Security and Secularism in Turkey. From the Early Republican Era to EU Accession Negotiations; P.Bilgin PART IV: TURKEY AND THE EU – RELIGION AND MINORITY POLITICS Religion, Politics and the Politics of Religion in Turkey; I.Gözaydin The Alevis – a 'New' Religious Minority? Identity Politics in Turkey and Its Relation to the EU Integration Process; E.Özdalga Turkish Migrants, Social Capital and Culturalist Discourse in Turkey-EU Relations; T.Kucukcan