From Religious Empires to Secular States State Secularization in Turkey, Iran, and Russia By Birol Baskan Routledge 2014 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415743518/ In the 1920s and the 1930s, Turkey, Iran and Russia vehemently pursued state-secularizing reforms, but adopted different strategies in doing so. But why do states follow different secularizing strategies? The literature has already shattered the illusion … Continue reading New Book: From Religious Empires to Secular States