Dini Yayıncılık ve Adnan Oktar’in A9 TV’sinin "Fantastik" Tele-Evreni

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 1 - Pop Islam, 116 - 132, 15.06.2016

Kumru Berfin Emre Çetin

Abstract

Türkiye'de dini yayıncılık bugüne kadarki en parlak evresini yaşamaktadır. Ancak diğer dini medyadan farklı olarak ve sunduğu çeşitliliğe rağmen, hala yeterince incelenmemiş bir alandır. Bu makale, dini yayıncılığın formlarından biri olan televanjelizmi, Adnan Oktar'ın A9 TV kanalına yakından bakarak çözümlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Adnan Oktar'ın televangelist pratiğinin dini yayıncılığın marjininde durduğunu ve diğer İslami televangelistlerden birçok yönüyle ayrıldığını savunuyorum. Bu makalede, Adnan Oktar'ın televangelist pratiğini hem görsel hem de söylemsel açıdan çözümlüyorum.

Keywords

televanjelizm, dini yayıncılık, kült, popüler İslam, Türk televizyonu

Religious Broadcasting and the "Fantastic" Tele-Universe of Adnan Oktar's A9 TV

Abstract

Currently, religious broadcasting in Turkey is having its heyday. Despite the variety it offers, religious broadcasting remains an under-investigated topic unlike other religious media. This paper aims to provide an analysis of a particular form of religious broadcasting, televangelism, with a closer investigation of Adnan Oktar's television channel A9 TV. I argue that Adnan Oktar's televangelist practice stands at the margin of religious broadcasting and differs from other Islamic televangelists in various ways. In this paper, I analyse both visual and discursive characteristics of Oktar's televangelist practice.

Keywords

televangelism, religious broadcasting, cult, popular Islam, Turkish television

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