Great East (ideology)

The Great East (Turkish: Büyük Doğu) is an Islamist ideology from Turkey that was put forward by Necip Fazıl Kısakürek.[1]

Necip Fazıl explained the outline of the Great East ideology in his works, around the basic thesis of "renewing the understanding of Islam", he used political, cultural, moral, and intellectual reasoning and put forward an "ideal Islamic state". The "ideal Islamic state" today is represented by the İBDA-C concept known as the "State of Grandsublime".[2]

The Great East ideology, which places Islam at the center of its basic references, has become an modernist ideology that was used by Islamist intellectuals who grew up during the One-party period of the Republic of Turkey. After Necip Fazıl, the Great East ideology was carried by Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, the İBDA-C founder and a convicted terrorist of Kurdish origin. The İBDA-C aims to overthrow Turkey and form the "State of Grandsublime" (Turkish: Başyücelik Devleti).[3]

  1. ^ "Büyük Doğu". www.biyografi.info. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ Kısakürek, Necip Fazıl. İdeolocya Örgüsü, 21. Baskı. İstanbul: Büyük Doğu Yayınları, 2015.
  3. ^ Toker, Mehmet Şevki. “Bir Batı Dışı Modernlik Yaklaşımı Olarak Büyük Doğu İdeolojisi”. Ekonomi Politika & Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2019, 4 (1): 50-68