Oktay Eksi: Is It Reactionary Or Post-Modern?

“… According to Prof. Tulin Bumin, turban (The Islamic head-gear which spread after Erbakan’s National View flourished in Turkey) is a symbol that does not say that “I belong to religion,” rather, it says that “I belong to me.” Ms. Bumin says that the attitude of turbaned girls was an “ultra-modern/post-modern” stance reflecting individualism. If you start from this, you can conclude, like Ms. Bumin does, that “There is no such danger of the danger of religion seizing the state in Turkey.” “You may say this even when a person, occupying the position of the Prime Ministry Undersecretary, says, “I believe that time is ripe for the Republic of Turkey to replace its basic principles, such as secularism, republicanism, and nationalism, with a Moslem structure.” In this respect, you should be viewing the mullah regime in Iran as not reactionary, rather as a natural result of a post-modern movement.”�