@article{article_629186, title={EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ISLAM: FROM THE WELFARE PARTY TO THE VIRTUE PARTY}, journal={Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={1}, pages={19–31}, year={2011}, author={Selçuk, Ekin Kadir}, keywords={Political Islam,Moderation,the Virtue Party}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size: 12px;">Political Islam has been represented by National Outlook parties since 1970 in Turkey. These parties </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px;">transformed their political discourse and became moderate in 1990s. This transformation especially was realized  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">during the Virtue party period. In this paper I am going to present the moderation process from the Welfare Party  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">to the Virtue party. I am going to discuss why this moderation occurred, which factors influenced transformation </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px;">in political Islam in Turkey. To find reasons may help us to include other radical political movements into the </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px;">system. </span> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Karadeniz Technical University}