Islamism was one of a number of political ideas that had emerged in the
Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. This study aims to outline the ideas of the
Islamist movement in the Ottoman era and to put forward the agreements or
differences of opinion vis-a-vis the Islamist movement during the Republican era
with respect to their perspectives on the state and modernisation. The main ar
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gument of this study is that, contrary to what the current literature claims, the
organisation of the Justice and Development Party did not mark a third-genera
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tion, rather, changing their discourses, the Islamists in the Republican era contin
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ued their political activities within the body of the Felicity Party of the National
Outlook movement. The Republican era generation of Islamists will be examined
in the axis of the National Outlook Movement. The work plan will be as follows
with consideration to the short scope of the study: First, the political ideas of the
Ottoman Empire in the 19th century will be introduced. The main aims of po
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litical movements in this century will be described and the differences between
them will be identified. After these observations, a detailed examination of the
Islamist movement will follow and the ideas of the National Outlook Movement,
which is the main subject of the study and the Republican era generation, will
be analysed separately. The study will be carried out using the interpretivism
method within the scope of the
politology of religion
.
