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NATION AND NATIONALISM ACCORDING TO ISLAMISTS DURING SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD, A CASE STUDY: SIRAT-I MÜSTAKİM-SEBİLÜRREŞAD A Master’s Thesis by ŞENOL GÜNDOĞDU The Department of History İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University Ankara February 2014 To My Beloved Melis NATION AND NATIONALISM ACCORDING TO ISLAMISTS DURING SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD, A CASE STUDY: SIRAT-I MÜSTAKİM-SEBİLÜRREŞAD Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences Of İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University by ŞENOL GÜNDOĞDU In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS in THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY İHSAN DOĞRAMACI BİLKENT UNIVERSITY ANKARA February 2014 I certify that I have read this thesis and have found that it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in History. ………………………… Prof. Özer Ergenç Thesis Supervisor I certify that I have read this thesis and have found that it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in History. ………………………… Asst. Prof. Mehmet Kalpaklı Examining Committee Member I certify that I have read this thesis and have found that it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in History. ………………………… Asst. Prof. Berrak Burçak Examining Committee Member Approval by the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences. ………………………… Prof. Dr. Erdal Erel Director ABSTRACT NATION AND NATIONALISM ACCORDING TO ISLAMISTS DURING SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD, A CASE STUDY: SIRAT-I MÜSTAKİM-SEBİLÜRREŞAD Gündoğdu, Şenol M.A., Department of History, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University Supervisor: Prof. Özer Ergenç February 2014 This study examines Islamist understanding of nation and nationalism during the Second Constitutional Period (1908-1918) by examining the most important Islamist journal of that era; Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad. Islamism emerged as a reactionary ideology against Western threats toward the ‘backward’ Islamic world and the Ottoman Empire. This ideology sought to establish genuine Islam by looking back into original sources and the Golden Age (Asr-ı Saadet). This process aimed to revitalize the Islamic world and unite Muslims against the Western threats. As an Islamist journal in the Second Constitutional Period, Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad presented an Islamic modernist understanding dependent upon the revival of Islam and the Ottoman Empire with reference to real Islam against the Western threats. However, according to Islamists ethnic and secular nationalisms corrupted the unity of Muslims. This study argues that the journal, Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad, was against separatist nationalism(s), especially Muslim nationalism(s) for the sake of the iii Ottoman Empire’s survival and Islamic unity (Pan-Islam). This study begins by presenting a general discussion of Islamism in the historical context of the Ottoman Empire, examining the history of the Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad journal, and its emphasis on nation, nationalism and their relation with Islam and the Ottoman Empire. This study assess how selected texts from the Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad represent Islamist understandings of the nation and nationalism and how Islamists identified the Islamic nation concept. In summation this study argues that Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad had an Islamist national understanding which aimed to save first the Ottoman Empire, then the Islamic world through the revival of Islam. Keywords: Islamism, Pan-Islamism, Second Constitutional Period, Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad, Nation, Nationalism. iv ÖZET II. MEŞRUTİYET DÖNEMİ’NDE İSLAMCILARA GÖRE MİLLET VE MİLLİYETÇİLİK, BİR ÖRNEK ÇALIŞMA: SIRAT-I MÜSTAKİM- SEBİLÜRREŞAD Gündoğdu, Şenol Master, Tarih Bölümü, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent Üniversitesi Tez Yöneticisi: Prof. Dr. Özer Ergenç Şubat 2014 Bu çalışma II. Meşrutiyet Dönemi’nin (1908-1918) en önemli İslamcı dergisi olan Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad dergisini inceleyerek İslamcılığın millet ve milliyetçilik anlayışını ele almaktadır. İslamcılık, İslam dünyası ve Osmanlı Devleti’nin ‘geri kalmışlığından’ dolayı kendilerini tehdit eden Batı’ya karşı bir ideoloji olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Gerçek İslam’ı, İslam’ın asıl kaynaklarına ve Asr-ı Saadet’e dönüp bakarak kurmayı hedefleyen bir ideolojidir. Bu süreç İslam dünyası tekrardan canlandıracak ve Müslümanlar’ı Batı tehdidine karşı birleştirecektir. II. Meşrutiyet Dönemi’nde İslamcı bir dergi olan Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad, gerçek İslam’ı esas alarak İslam’ın ve Osmanlı Devleti’nin yeniden canlanmasına dayanan bir modern İslam düşüncesine sahiptir. Fakat, İslamcılara göre etnik ve seküler milliyetçilikler Müslümanlar’ın birliğini mahvetmektedir. Bu çalışma Osmanlı Devleti’nin hayatta kalması ve İslam birliği (Pan-İslam) uğruna Sırat-ı Müstakim- Sebilürreşad dergisinin ayrılıkçı milliyetçilik(ler)in, özellikle Müslüman milliyetçilik(ler)inin, karşısında durduğunu tartışmaktadır. İslamcılık hakkındaki v genel tartışmaları Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun tarihsel bağlamında verdikten, Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad dergisinin tarihini inceledikten, millet, milliyetçilik ve onların İslam ve Osmanlı Devleti olan ilişkisini tartıştıktan sonra; bu çalışma Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad’den konu ile alakalı seçilmiş metinlerin İslamcıların millet ve milliyetçilik anlayışlarını nasıl resmettiğini ve İslamcıların İslami millet anlayışını nasıl tanımladıklarını irdeleyecektir. Çalışma Sırat-ı Müstakim-Sebilürreşad dergisinin ilk olarak Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nu, daha sonra İslami dünyayı yeniden canlandırarak kurtarmayı hedefleyen İslami millet anlayışını tartışacaktır. Anahtar Kelimeler: İslamcılık, Pan-İslamcılık, İkinci Meşrutiyet, Sırat-ı Müstakim- Sebilürreşad, Millet, Milliyetçilik. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all I am grateful to Professor Özer Ergenç who encouraged me to continue my study and accepted to supervise it. I owe also many thanks to Assistant Professor Berrak Burçak; without her invaluable guidance, encouragement, empathy and critics this thesis would be insufficient. I must express my sincere gratitude for Assistant Professor Mehmet Kalpaklı who accepted to serve in my thesis committee. I am thankful to İlker Aytürk for his helpful and invaluable critics. My special thanks are due to all members of the Bilkent History Department, especially Professor Halil İnalcık. My deepest thanks and gratitude go to my colleagues in Afyon Kocatepe University who supported my works, especially Associate Professor Ahmet Kemal Bayram and Professor Veysel Kula. I am indebted to TUFS (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) put periodicals of Hakkı Tarık Us Collection on internet. I owe also a special debt to Turkish Historical Society that awarded scholarship and supported me financially. I could not have completed this work without Ayşe Gül Karaman’s proof- readings. I am also thankful to David Lee Baylis who made the final proof-reading. Many thanks are due to Polat Safi who encouraged me to work on Islamism. I must also thank Alp Eren Topal who provided a great support to the writing process of this vii
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