Para Konuşur: Banknotlarda Türk İslam Sentezi

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 1 - Pop Islam, 171 - 189, 15.06.2016

Nail Elhan

Abstract

Banknotlar, tasarımları ve üzerlerinde taşıdıkları semboller ile hem ülkelerin tarihine dair izler taşımaktadırlar hem de bu ülkelerin uyguladıkları politikalara dair ipucu vermektedirler. Bu çalışma, 1980 yılından günümüze kadar Türkiye’de basılmış olan banknotları ele almaktadır ve bu banknotların siyasal bir mesaj taşıdıkları iddiasını savunmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, Türk-İslam Sentezi’nin banknotlar üzerinde sembolleşmesi bu çalışmanın temel argümanıdır. Kökleri 1960’lı yıllara uzanan ve 1980 yılındaki askeri darbe ile bir devlet politikası olarak uygulanmaya başlanan Türk-İslam Sentezi, 2000’li yıllarda da AKP Hükümetleri ile devam etmektedir. Bu devamlılığı, askeri yönetim sırasında kullanılan ve AKP Dönemi’nde basılmaya başlanan banknotlar üzerindeki sembollerde görmek mümkündür.

Keywords

Türk-İslam sentezi, milli kimlik, dini kimlik, banknotlar, AKP

Money Talks: Turkish-Islamic Synthesis on Banknotes of Turkey

Abstract

Banknotes carry traces from both histories and policies of states. This study deals with the banknotes issued in 1980 to today and claims that these banknotes have had political messages. In this respect, Turkish-Islamic Synthesis and its symbolization of banknotes is the main point of this study. Turkish-Islamic Synthesis emerged in the 1960s and evolved to a state policy after the military coup in 1980. It still exists under AKP rule in the 2000s. This maintenance can be traced in design of the banknotes, which issued during military coup period and continued during AKP rule. 

Keywords

Turkish-Islamic synthesis, national identity, religious identity, banknotes, AKP

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