Işık, VahdettinSunar, LütfiMedeniyetler İttifakı Enstitüsü, Medeniyet Araştırmaları Ana Bilim Dalı2023-11-132023-11-132022Işık, V. (2022). Rethinking Islamism in Turkey: Beyond conservative or modernist rejectionism. L. Sunar (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought içinde (129-142. ss.). New York: Routledge.978036769913097803676991549781003143826https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12154/2425The fact that the 19th century resulted in the removal of Muslims as a global locus of power is widely known. As a result of the efforts that occurred in the wake of making sense of this new situation, various currents of thought emerged. Some took a negative attitude toward renewal efforts based on the attitude of preserving what had already existed in response to modernization. Others proposed completely replacing what had existed. A third approach evaluated the issue not in terms of the new or the old, but in terms of the nature of the new and the old – and whether it responded to what was needed. Those who adopted the last approach regarded a continuation of the old as it had been to be impossible, believing change to be necessary, but did not reject what was traditional. They saw that adopting the new without questioning its nature would contradict Islamic principles as well as historical-social reality. The order formed by those who adopted this approach can be called the Islamic Renewal Movement. In other words, unlike conservative rejectionism and modernist rejectionism, the proposed interpretation of the Islamic Renewal Movement was based on protecting what needed protection and renewing what needed renewal. This approach sought to both remain as itself and also respond to the contemporary challenges through this choice. These three approaches can be said to still continue to shape Turkey’s political thoughts and tendencies...eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHistorical-SocialMuslimsTurkeyIslamic PrinciplesBook Chapter129142N/AWOS:001179040900011