ABSTRACT
The National Vision Movement is a political Islamist structure that was founded by the leadership of Necmettin Erbakan, with the slogan of morality and then spirituality, and introducing a new understanding of education, morality, politics, law and economy. The movement focused on Islamic beliefs and teachings, national identity and cultural understanding, anti-westernism, a fair economic order and moral values, continues to be effective even though it offers a mosaic that tries to synthesize religion and politics in Turkish political life. The purpose of this study is to analyze bedrocks, political jouney and evolution of National Vision Movement led by Necmettin Erbakan. In the light of this perspective, Erbakan and his party’s stance on the matter of official ideology, democracy, justice, nationalism and ecomomy will be evaluated, critical and descriptive analysis of National Vision Movement in theoritical and practical levels will be shed light and lastly a mentality analysis based on Islamist pragmatism and teodemocracy will be tried to be revealed.
Keywords: Erbakan, National Vision, Political Islam, Democratization
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Makaleler |
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Publication Date | August 7, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 7 Issue: 7 |