Sunni political culture and its effects on the Turkish state tradition

• Published in: Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol. 6; no. 10; pp. 17 - 40
• Main Author: Çalışkan,Emre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Din Bilimleri; Türkiye; Kilis; Islam; Sünnilik; Political Culture; Türk Devlet Geleneği; Turkish State Tradition; Politics; Siyasal Kültür; Sunnism; Siyaset
• ISSN: 2148-7634; 2651-4087
• DOI: 10.29228/k7auifd.10.1

The most important elements creating the political culture are; religion and belief systems. They play an important role in emerging political culture. That is why; the effect of societies and individuals on their relations with politics makes religion and belief systems an area of study. In this context, in the Islamic world, which is one of the most important and effective systems of belief in the world, especially the relation of religion and politics has been constantly debated. The role and impacts of religion in politics, governance, and state is located within these debates. When we look at Turkey, there are many important and influential studies on the relationship between religion and politics. Because Islam is adopted by a very large part of the society, the influence of religion in the relations and preferences of social groups and individuals in politics make these studies important. Especially the paradigm, which has emerged as a Sunni school, and become an attitude, behavior and choice against the political one, is important at this point. In particular, it is an important area of study considering the impact of the Turkish-Islamic empires, even today. In this study, first of all, we will try to reveal the emergence of Sunnism as political culture by examining political culture through the concepts of Sunnism and politics. Subsequently, we will try to reveal the influence of Sunni political culture on the Turkish state tradition after Islam.