EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ISLAM: FROM THE WELFARE PARTY TO THE VIRTUE PARTY

Year 2011, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 19 - 31, 02.12.2011

Ekin Kadir Selçuk

Abstract

Political Islam has been represented by National Outlook parties since 1970 in Turkey. These parties

transformed their political discourse and became moderate in 1990s. This transformation especially was realized during the Virtue party period. In this paper I am going to present the moderation process from the Welfare Party to the Virtue party. I am going to discuss why this moderation occurred, which factors influenced transformation

in political Islam in Turkey. To find reasons may help us to include other radical political movements into the

system.

Keywords

Political Islam, Moderation, the Virtue Party

Türkiye’de Siyasal İslamın Evrimi

Abstract

Türkiye’de siyasal İslam 1970 yılından beri Milli Görüş partileri tarafından temsil edilmektedir. Bu

partiler 1990’larda dönüşüme uğramış ve ılımlı hale gelmişlerdir. Bu mutedilleşme bilhassa Fazilet partisi

döneminde meydana gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada Refah Partisi’nden Fazilet partisine mutedilleşme süreci okura

sunulacaktır. Bu partilerin niçin ılımlı hale geldiği, Türkiye’de siyasal İslam’ın niçin dönüşüme uğradığı

tartışılacaktır. Nedenleri bulmak, diğer radikal siyasi hareketlerin sistem içine dahil edilmesini sağlayabilir.

Keywords

Siyasal İslam, Mutedilleşme, Fazilet Partisi

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