The aim of this article is to analyze the Turkish contemporary experience, taking as turning point the foundation of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. For this, it has been necessary to revise historically the Ottoman legacy and its reform, emphasizing in particular the Tanzimat period and the role of the Young Ottomans in this process, and, on the other hand, the genesis of the modern Turkish Republic and the changes made by Kemal Atatürk. The experience of Turkish Islam, through democracy and free market, is an example that shows how different social and historical dynamics can lead to the creation of people and communities that can combine Islamic values with modernity.
Justice and Development Party (AKP), Islamic values, otomanism, Islamic modernization, Turkey.