Reading Turkish Islamist Writers

Islamist intellectuals in Turkey: Introductory and theoretical observations. Writings and ideas of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Ali Bulaç, and Abdurrahman Dilipak. Political Islamism, cultural Islamism. The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the familiarization of the reader with the production of Islamist writers in contemporary Turkey, by focusing on the ideas and writings of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Ali Bulaç, and Abdurrahman Dilipak. The reader is given the opportunity to read a number of representative writings of the above-mentioned writers; in addition, there is an introductory chapter with the purpose of placing the discussion of the emergence, role, and typology of Islamist intellectuals in Turkey in social theory terms and context.