Saving The Turkish Right

Volume: 3 Number: 1 October 1, 2018
  • Tarık Çelenk
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Saving The Turkish Right

Abstract

When talking about the future of the Turkish right we need to look back and evaluate the conservative nature of Turkish politics, literature, and social change over last 200 years. Looking at the current projects and services that right leaning politicians have been focusing on, we see that they are mostly for short-term gain. At the same time, the post-industrial, bio-technological, and the cyber revolutions are reshaping our daily lives, values and relations. Under such conditions how will the Turkish right wing survive with their values and unity intact? We can predict that the future of the Turkish right is not bright. This article examines and compares the pan Turanism, Turkification and Islamism of 200 years ago, and from this historical perspective interprets today’s events to help understand current populist politics as politicians reshape these ideas for their own ends. It also discusses the growing masses of conservative youth who are moving from organized religious orthodoxy to deism. During the days of the Ottoman Empire, in the 14th century, Sufi dervishes traveled through its far reaches, from the Balkans to Anatolia as far as Mongolia, disseminating the ideas and values of a common humanity grounded in Islam. These were the days of the oppressiveness of war and conquest, so the Dervishes preaching of humanity, freedom and private property appealed to the hardworking peasants. If the Turkish right is to have a future into the next generations it will need to look back at the roots of early Ottoman Islam, and adopt its ideas and values which have a universal character.

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Tarık Çelenk This is me

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October 1, 2018

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Year 2018 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Çelenk, T. (2018). Saving The Turkish Right. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi, 3(1), 153-166. https://doi.org/10.26899/inciss.171</doi>
AMA
1.Çelenk T. Saving The Turkish Right. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2018;3(1):153-166. doi:10.26899/inciss.171</doi>
Chicago
Çelenk, Tarık. 2018. “Saving The Turkish Right”. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi 3 (1): 153-66. https://doi.org/10.26899/inciss.171</doi>
EndNote
Çelenk T (October 1, 2018) Saving The Turkish Right. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi 3 1 153–166.
IEEE
[1]T. Çelenk, “Saving The Turkish Right”, Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 153–166, Oct. 2018, doi: 10.26899/inciss.171</doi>
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Çelenk, Tarık. “Saving The Turkish Right”. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi 3/1 (October 1, 2018): 153-166. https://doi.org/10.26899/inciss.171</doi>
JAMA
1.Çelenk T. Saving The Turkish Right. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2018;3:153–166.
MLA
Çelenk, Tarık. “Saving The Turkish Right”. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi, vol. 3, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 153-66, doi:10.26899/inciss.171</doi>
Vancouver
1.Tarık Çelenk. Saving The Turkish Right. Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2018 Oct. 1;3(1):153-66. doi:10.26899/inciss.171</doi>