this study deals with the turkish foreign policies on the basis of its cultural and ideological background. the main question asks about the most powerful cultural and ideological factors driving turkey’s foreign policies. the research emphasizes mainly on kemalism and islamism as two main independent variables. kemalism or ataturkism consists of some basic principles including nationalism, sec...

This article seeks to provide a framework for rereading the works of Sayyid Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī/Afghani in accordance with main characteristics “post-Islamism”, which was coined and conceptualized by Asef Bayat. Although term “post-Islamism” not explicitly used himself, I argue that we may find some features post-Islamist discourse his works. Hence, this article, post-Islamism does refer an ...

the rise of political islam and islamism in muslim countries cause a pervasive & contestable controversy among western scholars. today islam has been identified with activism, radicalism, fundamentalism, and etc. yet, there are many questions being propounded; such as, what is political islam? why islamic movements acted against interest of the west? why islamism constructed against the west? t...

For those unfamiliar with the story, the first part of this article summarises the main developments in Turkey’s politics since the last general elections, held in December 1995, and the current position of the government with its short-run prospects. The second part tries to broaden the focus, by considering future perspectives in a variety of contexts. These include the future of the party sy...

An important new development has been the extension of Middle Eastern movements and ideologies to other parts of the world, especially Europe. This article evaluates how these groups and their ideas are extending the reach of Middle East politics to other parts of the world. This has been particularly true of the “jihad movement,” generally associated with Usama Bin Ladin but involving many oth...

This paper discusses the shifting ideology and Islamic movements that have occurred in several countries with Muslim-majority populations. By explaining some of thoughts Salafi Fundamentalist ideologues such as Ibn Taimiyyah, Qayyim al-Jauziyah, Muhammad Abdul Wahab, apart from maintaining purity teachings, these two ideologies became embryos for brith movement contemporary Islamism. Ideologist...

The presence of Islamism in Muslimistan necessitates a secular age, as only age does it become possible to be for or against Islam due the decentering default organizing premise Muslim societies. Within this fundamental de-Islamization secularization societies, further is made by power’s ability dictate and even produce Islam, which continues perpetually shift meanings secularism accordance wit...