Turkey and Côte d’Ivoire Encounter: Dynamics, Actors, and Practices in the Field of Islam
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2023
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Merian Institute for Advances Studies in Africa (MIASA)
Abstract
This text focuses on Turkey’s religious diplomacy in Côte d’Ivoire, a West African country where Islam has
experienced significant growth in recent decades. Through the prism of a Soft Power, this cooperation
opened Ivorian Islam – dominated by the Maliki and Salafi currents – to the religious tradition of Turkey. This
process was marked by the transfers of practices as well as of religious objects, materials for the construction
of mosques and support for socio-economic development initiatives. This study is mainly based on fieldwork
carried out in Côte d’Ivoire (Abidjan, Bouaké and Korhogo) and Turkey (Istanbul). In addition, a digital
ethnography conducted from social networks, in particular Facebook, was used.
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Ivory Coast, Turkey, Islam, Soft Power, religious infrastructure