M LL G Rü ’TEN MUHAFAZAKAR DEMOKRAS YE: TüRK YE’DE 28 UBAT SüREC SONRASI SLAM EL TLER N D Nü üMü / FROM NATIONAL OUTLOOK TO CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRACY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF ISLAMIC ELITES IN TURKEY AFTER THE FEBRUARY 28 PROCESS

Bu makale “28 ubat sürecinden” sonra Türkiye’de post- slamc elitlerin ge irdi i d nü ümü incelemektedir.Temel tezimize g re AKP evresinde toplanan post- slamc elitler Kemalist düzenin reddi yerine makul bir ele tirisini benimseyerek tek ba na iktidar olabilecek bir kitle partisi olu turmu tur. “Adil düzen” hayalinden vazge en post- slamc lar ülkeyi küresel kapitalist sisteme entegre etmeyi tercih etmi tir. Küresel ve yerel dinamiklerin d nü ümünü iyi kavram ve s ylemlerini slami er eveden demokrasi ve insan haklar er evesine kayd rm t r. Bu noktada radikal Milli G rü cephesinden ayr arak “kabul edilebilir s n rlar” i inde yer alm ve b ylece kendilerine me ru bir siyaset zemini yaratm t r.This article examines the transformation of post-Islamic elites in Turkey after the “February 28 process”. According to our main thesis post-Islamic elites clustered around the JDP, have created a self-sustaining majority party through a moderate critique rather than an outright rejection of the Kemalist establishment. These post-Islamists, who have given up the dream of building a “just order”, have instead choosen to integrate Turkey into the global capitalist system. They have grasped well the transformation of global and local dynamics and shifted their rhetoric from a framework of Islam to democracy and human rights. At this point by dissociating from the radicalNational Outlook front they have remained within “acceptable limits” and thus have created a legitimate political ground.