FROM ISLAMISM TO CONSERVATISM: A STUDY ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF ISLAMIC IDENTITY IN TURKEY THROUGH NOVELS

Abstract

In terms of defining the position, weight and route of Islamic identity in Turkish politics, the examining its historical characteristics and the change there offers an important opportunity. This study aims to deal with the historical course of the Islamic identity / discourse, which began to come to the fore in the political and cultural grounds in the 1970s in Republican Turkey, through the narrative world of Islamic novels, the first examples of which were given in this period and reaching to the 2000s. For this reason, the text analysis method is used in this study. In this study, it is indicated that Islamic identity / discourse is periodically shaped around different understandings and different approaches and generally follows a historical course that evolves from Islamism to Conservatism.