مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Discourse of İsmet Özel on the Nation against the Global Discourse of the Dominant Power

Abstract :

Control over discourse is the main point in invading the world. The west has been in control of the power of discourse for years. The vanguard in the west has been focusing upon control over the discourse. The west with a tendency in the past to besiege lands, strategic locations, and bases, has now diverging to dominate minds, the public memory, and cultural codes. Discourse is the only functional power able to eliminate knowledge, power and the domination by their world, or the alternative possibilities in defeating them. Discourse is not only a tool to understand the world, but also the primary element of rule. Today, western civilization which is a concentration of power is basically a representation of the structure against Turkish/Islam. Turkish society has been formed as a result of the battle against West/Christian societies. On the other side of this historical dialectic, current European ideas and institutions have been formed. With these propositions İsmet Özel has been explaining the west through his ideas, on the other hand, he states that the concept of “nation” is the ultimate reason which enables Turks/Muslims to strive in this land. For this reason Özel implies that the future of a Turkey which loses its ideology of a nation is not possible.