Republican Ideology, Historiography and Islam: A Study in the Context of Mustafa Kemal, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan and M. Şemsettin Günaltay

Name: Republican Ideology, Historiography and Islam: A Study in the Context of Mustafa Kemal, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan and M. Şemsettin Günaltay
Author: Singin, Aynur

Title	Republican Ideology, Historiography and Islam: A Study in the Context of Mustafa Kemal, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan and M. Şemsettin Günaltay
Author	Singin, Aynur
Publication Place	Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University - Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University
Subject	Umde religious studies journal (Online), 2024-07, Vol.7 (1), p.1-24
Type	kitap
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Leitir Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2667-4939, EISSN: 2667-4939, DOI: 10.54122/umde.1443282
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_31f92ae182b9443288f3fbcbc140f756
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	This article focuses on Islamic historiography within the scope of the Turkish history thesis project of the Republican ideology and examines the issue around the approaches of three actors: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan and M. Şemsettin Günaltay. In the process that evolved from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, there was a transition from a cosmopolitan state structure to a state system on a national scale, thus a new historical narrative was needed regarding the historical background and heritage on which the newly established political regime would rely and gain power, and in this context, intense debates took place among political actors and intellectuals on how Islamic thought, especially Islamic history, should be handled. The most vivid example of this debate took place between Mustafa Kemal and Ugan. While Mustafa Kemal thinks that Islamic thought and history should be evaluated from a nationalist perspective on a rational, secular and secular basis, Ugan seems to focus on the subject on the axis of traditional historiography. The difference of opinion between these two actors resulted in a deep crisis, and Günaltay was assigned to write the chapter on Islamic history, thus solving the problem to a certain extent. As a matter of fact, Günaltay finds common ground with Mustafa Kemal in his studies on how Islamic thought and history should be written, making the Turks the subject of world history, seeing Islam as a transition phase rather than an important turning point, and asserting that the Turks have built a unique "Turkish Islam", different from Arab and Iranian. The most striking subheadings of Günaltay's new interpretation of Islam were determined as "a purified conception of God, a deterministic view of the universe, a free human prototype, and a system of religion, morality and law whose source is reason."
Detaylı Başlık	Cumhuriyet İdeolojisi, Tarih Yazıcılığı ve İslâm: Mustafa Kemal, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan ve M. Şemsettin Günaltay Bağlamında Bir İnceleme

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Republican Ideology, Historiography and Islam: A Study in the Context of Mustafa Kemal, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan and M. Şemsettin Günaltay

Author Singin, Aynur

Publication Place Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University - Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

Subject Umde religious studies journal (Online), 2024-07, Vol.7 (1), p.1-24

Type kitap

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Leitir Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2667-4939, EISSN: 2667-4939, DOI: 10.54122/umde.1443282

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_31f92ae182b9443288f3fbcbc140f756

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes This article focuses on Islamic historiography within the scope of the Turkish history thesis project of the Republican ideology and examines the issue around the approaches of three actors: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan and M. Şemsettin Günaltay. In the process that evolved from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, there was a transition from a cosmopolitan state structure to a state system on a national scale, thus a new historical narrative was needed regarding the historical background and heritage on which the newly established political regime would rely and gain power, and in this context, intense debates took place among political actors and intellectuals on how Islamic thought, especially Islamic history, should be handled. The most vivid example of this debate took place between Mustafa Kemal and Ugan. While Mustafa Kemal thinks that Islamic thought and history should be evaluated from a nationalist perspective on a rational, secular and secular basis, Ugan seems to focus on the subject on the axis of traditional historiography. The difference of opinion between these two actors resulted in a deep crisis, and Günaltay was assigned to write the chapter on Islamic history, thus solving the problem to a certain extent. As a matter of fact, Günaltay finds common ground with Mustafa Kemal in his studies on how Islamic thought and history should be written, making the Turks the subject of world history, seeing Islam as a transition phase rather than an important turning point, and asserting that the Turks have built a unique "Turkish Islam", different from Arab and Iranian. The most striking subheadings of Günaltay's new interpretation of Islam were determined as "a purified conception of God, a deterministic view of the universe, a free human prototype, and a system of religion, morality and law whose source is reason."

Detaylı Başlık Cumhuriyet İdeolojisi, Tarih Yazıcılığı ve İslâm: Mustafa Kemal, Zâkir Kâdirî Ugan ve M. Şemsettin Günaltay Bağlamında Bir İnceleme