%0 Journal Article
%T NIYAZI BERKES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ¡®TURKEY¡¯S COMING OF AGE¡¯ - NIYAZI BERKES VE T¨¹RKIYE¡¯DE  A DA LA MA¡¯NIN GELI IMI
%A Ayta£¿ YILDIZ
%J Istanbul Journal of Sociological Studies
%D 2012
%I 
%X This article aims to provide a new perspective in discussing one of the most important books by Niyazi Berkes - Turkey¡¯s Coming of Age - which has significantly contributed to modern Turkish political thought. . Published in 1964 with the title ¡°The Development of Secularism in Turkey¡±, the Turkish translation ¡°T¨¹rkiye¡¯de  a da la ma¡± followed in 1973 and is still being discussed in studies on modernization history of Turkey. The main argument of the book is that the emergence of secular nation-state Turkish Republic was an inevitable result of the Ottoman-Turkish modernization process at the beginning of the 18th century.Although there has been various evaluations on Berkes¡¯s book to date, none of them have contextualized the writing of ¡®Turkey¡¯s Coming of Age¡¯ in detail. What is the relationship between the book and Niyazi Berkes¡¯ worldview and ideology? How is the book based on a background throughout which the main thesis of the book, especially thesis about Islam and secularism, is presented? Following these questions, the article aims to put forth a new perspective discussing Niyazi Berkes and his book. For this purpose, his academic works which was published from mid 1930s till 1960, will be analyzed. zetBu yaz , Cumhuriyet d nemi T¨¹rk d¨¹ ¨¹nce hayat nda etkili olmu  olan ayd nlardan Niyazi Berkes¡¯in temel  al  mas  olan ¡°T¨¹rkiye¡¯de  a da la ma¡± adl  eseri yeni bir yakla  mla ele almay  ama lamaktad r. 1964¡¯de  ngilizce ¡°The Development of Secularism in Turkey¡± ad yla; 1973¡¯te ise T¨¹rk e ¡°T¨¹rkiye¡¯de  a da la ma¡± olarak bas lan kitap bug¨¹n hala yayg n olarak T¨¹rkiye modernle me tarihi  al  malar nda okunmaya ve tart   lmaya devam etmektedir. Kitab n ana tezi, 18.yy¡¯ n ba lar ndan 20.yy¡¯ n ilk yar s na uzanan Osmanl -T¨¹rk modernle me s¨¹recinin, laik bir ulus-devlet olarak T¨¹rkiye Cumhuriyeti¡¯nin kurulu uyla neticelenmesinin ka  n lmaz bir sonu  oldu udur.Bu zamana kadar Berkes¡¯in  al  mas na ili kin  e itli de erlendirmeler   km   olsa da, hi biri bu eserin  ncesini, arka plan n  ayr nt l  olarak tart  mam  t r. Niyazi Berkes¡¯in d¨¹nya g r¨¹ ¨¹ ve ideolojisi ile bu eser aras nda nas l bir ili ki s z konusudur? Eserde dile getirilen arg¨¹manlar, nas l bir entelekt¨¹el geli imin sonucu olarak  ne s¨¹r¨¹lm¨¹ t¨¹r? Bilhassa  slam ve laikli e ili kin yazar n tezleri, hangi arka plana dayanmaktad r? Bu ve benzeri sorular n izinden giderek, bu yaz  Niyazi Berkes¡¯e ve eserine dair yeni bir bak   a  s  sunabilmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bunun i in yazar n ilk akademik yaz lar n  yay mlamaya ba lad    1930¡¯lar n ortalar ndan 1960 y l na kadar olan  al  malar  incelenmi  ve
%K Ottoman-Turkish Modernization
%K Kemalism
%K Secularism
%K Islam
%K Osmanl -T¨¹rk modernle mesi
%K Kemalizm
%K Laiklik
%K slam
%U http://www.journals.istanbul.edu.tr/tr/index.php/iktisatsosyoloji/article/view/19358/18449