It is possible to state that uprisings started in Tunisia at the end of 2010 and had an impact on most of the Arab countries, caused a still-ongoing political turbulence in the region. Tunisia, in contrast to other Arab countries affected by the uprisings, has began to experience a sui generis transition process to democracy. In this process, En-Nahda movement, which has been politically banned until 2011 since its establishment, has become one of the most important political actors in the country by achieving its legal status. After 2011, the political position of en-Nahda was shaped around the aim of becoming one of the permanent agents of Tunisian politics. In light of the fact that en-Nahda has started an integration policy to the new power structure with a
serious ideological transformation in order to gain a permanent position in Tunisian secular system. Confirmingly, at the 10th Congress of the En-Nahda in May 2016, it was emphasized that the ideology of the party could no longer be defined by political Islamism, but the concept of “Muslim democrats” would be used. This study focuses on en-Nahda’s method of integrating itself to the system in the transition process to democracy, and its ideological transformation, which has become crystal clear along with process of becoming a power player
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | July 29, 2019 |
Submission Date | December 10, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 74 Issue: 3 |