Are cinema, TV and football recommended for Muslims?

• Verfasst von: Rosenberg, Uri [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Are cinema, TV and football recommended for Muslims?
• Titelzusatz: The Millî Görüş movement’s view on popular culture
• Verf.angabe: Uri Rosenberg
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: 04 Sep 2023
• Umfang: 16 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 25.10.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Middle Eastern studies
• Ort Quelle: London : Cass, 1964
• Jahr Quelle: 2023
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2023), Seite 1-16
• ISSN Quelle: 1743-7881
• DOI: doi:10.1080/00263206.2023.2249831
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Millî Görüş
• Sach-SW: Political Islam
• Sach-SW: Popular Culture
• Sach-SW: Turkey
• K10plus-PPN: 1867641887

Abstract

This article charts changes in the views towards popular culture of the most prominent Turkish-Islamist movement that operated in the late twentieth century, the Millî Görüş (‘The National Outlook’), a movement that altered Turkey’s history and brought up its current Islamist leader - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Through a unique and intensive analysis of Millî Görüş texts and documents, the article follows significant changes in Millî Görüş discourse regarding three forms of popular culture - cinema, television, and spectator sports - from the 1970s - when these forms of popular culture were warned against - to the 1990s - when the movement recommended engaging with such culture. This article argues that these changes reflect a greater change in the movement’s views on how Muslims should live their lives. Lastly, the paper suggests these changes may have occurred due to three main reasons: (1) deciding strategically to not resist the growing availability and appeal of popular culture; (2) the movement’s wish to win the Turkish elections, which required them to appeal also to less pious Turks, and (3) the gradual appearance of alternative, ‘Islamic’ popular culture in Turkey - one which the Millî Görüş felt comfortable to promote.