Chaos in Internationality, A Civilizational Evolution and an Islamic (F) actor: The Case of MusiAD in Turkey

Abstract

A radical crisis in capitalist system has been determined in the first part of the study, in relation with the present chaotic international atmosphere, resulting in a civilisational turn (from the West to the East). The dominant role attributed to the (Islamic) East in this process will be argued in the second section. Lastly, this argument will be discussed around the MusiAD in Turkey, as an organisation (with an Islamic reputation) in recently declared "model country" for the Islamic Middle East. The MUSIAD has stamped on the agenda of 1990's in many respects with its multifunctional and multilateral positioning determined by the kinds of activities intersecting economic and socio-cultural (indirectly political as well) fields. This organisation is representative in reflecting Turkey's overall transformation in its multidimensionality (from a specific form of state capitalism to a specific form of market capitalism).

Keywords

Crisis of Capitalism, Civilisational evolution, Islamic East, Turkey, MUSIAD

Citation

Özdemir, Şennur, “Chaos in Internationality, A Civilizational Evolution and an Islamic (F) actor: The Case of MusiAD in Turkey”, International Relations, Volume 1, Issue 3 (Fall 2004), pp. 67-100.

Affiliations

• Şennur Özdemir, Dr., Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations