Comparison of Diyanet newspaper and Islamist journals within the framework of approaches about religion politics relations

Religion is one of the most important elements that shape the perspective of individuals and societies on life. Religious understanding styles of societies directly affect their thoughts on politics and the state. In this direction, a relationship system between religion and politics has emerged in both intellectual and institutional terms. At the point of making sense of this relationship between religion and politics, different perspectives have been put forward within the framework of different thought ecoles. While Turkish thought sees religion and politics as elements that support and protect each other, the European-centered understanding of critical religion-politics relations has treated religion as a tool of politics and a consent production mechanism. In the modern era, journals and newspapers, which are important in reflecting their own period in terms of making sense of the relations between religion and politics, are among the sources to be consulted. The aim of this study is to examine different Islamic understandings in terms of the relationship between religion and politics perspective within the framework of journals and newspapers published in 1960 - 1990 at Turkey. In this respect, the discourse of Diyanet Newspaper and Islamist journals such as Fedai, Tohum, Sancak, Gölge, Akıncı Güç, Akıncılar, Şûrâ, Tevhid, Hicret, İslâmî Hareket, İstiklâl, which have a high ability to represent their periods, in terms of relationship between religion and politics were examined. In the study, critical discourse analysis method was used to examine the discourses in journals and journals. As a result, it has been determined that the way the journals published by the Islamic thought ecoles, whose sources are not indigenous, deal with the relations between religion and politics, focusing on the critical approaches to religion-politics. In the Diyanet Newspaper published by the Presidency of Religions Affairs, which is the continuation of an institutional structure built by the Turkish state tradition, it was seen that the relations between religion and politics were understood in line with the Turkish tradition of thought. In the study, by comparing these styles of understanding, it is revealed how the sources of thought affect and shape the mindset.