Making of new Islamism in Turkey transformation of the Islamist discourse from opposition to compliance

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This thesis analyzes the transformation of Islamism from an anti-systemic and oppositional force to a compliant and submissive political ideology. The thesis locates the approach towards established political and economic relations at its centre. The thesis argues that the transformation, which led to formation of the Justice and Development Party, has begun in the late 1980s and early 1990s. To give the contours of this transformation, the thesis presents a detailed analysis of anti-systemic and systemic phases of Islamism in Turkey. The thesis tries to demonstrate this transformation through focusing on the major debates within the Islamist intellectual circles. The study suggests thinking the transformation of Islamism together with themes such as neoliberal globalization, postmodernism and multiculturalism. The thesis points out that, Islamism of the 1970s and 1980s, which can be considered as a form of Third Worldist populism has been gradually transformed into an ordinary, conservative ideology.

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Islamic fundamentalism

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21168

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B. Özçetin, “Making of new Islamism in Turkey transformation of the Islamist discourse from opposition to compliance,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2011.