Publication: ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS AND THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION: A COMPARISON OF EGYPT, IRAN AND TURKEY
Abstract
Bir çok Orta Doğu uzmanı İslami hareketlerin ve devrim düşüncesinin yayılışını bölgenin değişmeyen karakter yapısı ile ve tarihsel tecrübeler ve ittifakları gözardı ederek açıklarken, bu makale, üç ülke özelinde, İranda islami devrimin başarısını onun Batı karşıtı ve anti-kapitalist özelliklerinde arıyor. Mısır ve Türkiye örneklerin de ise devrim düşüncesinin sonuca ulaşamamasını tarihsel olarak bu iki ülke deki İslamcı akımların gerek Batı kapitalizmine gerekse neo-liberal hegemonya ile uzlaşmasından kaynaklandığını iddia ediyor.
Though many pundits of the Middle East explained the spread of the Islamic movements and their ideals of revolution within an essentialist and orientalist framework without looking at historically specific features of these countries, this paper will argue, in three country case study, that what made the Iranian revolution successful was its anti-Western and anti-capitalist characteristics. On the other hand, in Egypt and Turkish cases, influential Islamist movements were largely reconciled with the western capitalism. Importance of the neo-liberal hegemony and its penetration into the Middle East is crucial on this subject.
Though many pundits of the Middle East explained the spread of the Islamic movements and their ideals of revolution within an essentialist and orientalist framework without looking at historically specific features of these countries, this paper will argue, in three country case study, that what made the Iranian revolution successful was its anti-Western and anti-capitalist characteristics. On the other hand, in Egypt and Turkish cases, influential Islamist movements were largely reconciled with the western capitalism. Importance of the neo-liberal hegemony and its penetration into the Middle East is crucial on this subject.