Breakpoints in Islamism, Hasan al-Banna and Sayyed Qutb

This thesis analyses how the Islamism has been transformed within the framework of certain concepts in the axis of Sayyed Qutb, the ideology of movement, with Hasan al-Banna, leader of the movement of Ikhwan al-Muslimin established in Egypt. Within the scope of the purpose of the research, Ikhwan al-Muslimin movement was considered as a roof and the Islamism was examined through the concepts of jihad, jahiliyyah, democracy and revolution. In this context, the transformation in the Islamism in the study of Ikhwan al-Muslimin's movement was also found in the texts of Hasan al-Banna and Sayyed Qutb, as well as in the structure of Ikhwan al-Muslimin. The study also revealed that a number of thinkers moderate in the sense of Hasan al-Banna were sharpened in the person of Sayyid Qutb. In addition to this, it reveals how Islamic identity has been built during the time of the death of Sayyed Qutb from the foundation of Ikhwan al-Muslimin and how Islamism is transformed by the figure. Key words: Ikhwan al-Muslimin, Islamism, Hasan al-Banna, Sayyed Qutb.