Islamism relations and development in Turkey: National Opinion Movement

The idea of development emerged as a result of the reproduction of the concepts of progress, development, growth and modernization at the ideolojical level. The intellectual and historical background of the concept of development, which is defined from the underdeveloped phenomenon, is to reach the level o developed countries. As an underdeveloped country in Turkey, the development debate has been discussed by different political movements out how a development would be problematic. Islamism, which emerged as a political movement in Ottoman Empire fort he first time, created a different political fiaeld with the development discourse in the 1960s after the Republican period. The ideolojical line of the political Islamist movement, called the National Vision Movement, was determined by the idea of development. In this context, development thought has a close relationship with the National Vision Movement. The National Vision Movement is a prduct of the search for alternative solutions of the problem of underdevelopment and modernization movements with the idea of material development, spiritual development, Fair Order and sustainable development. From this point of view, the aim of our study to examine the development discourse in the National Vision Movement in the context of historical and material conditions. Key Words: Development, Islamism, Necmettin Erbakan, National Vision Movement, Material and Spiritual Development, Fair Order.