Graduate Program in Sociology.Göle, Nilüfer,Kömeçoğlu, Uğur.2023-03-162023-03-161997.SOC 1997 K83https://digitalarchive.library.bogazici.edu.tr/handle/123456789/17444The aim of this study is to draw a discursive profile of Fethullah Güllen community movement with respect to cultural meanings that are constructed to shape the Islamic identity of the community participants. First, I have tried to describe the dynamic process of meaning formation through religio-conservative values. Secondly, I have contextualized this problematic/ on the changing nature of public sphere by depicting the transformative influence of sacred-private over the profane-public. I showed that this community movement tries to carve a space for the creation of a conservative model of public sphere through the discursive practices of an Islamic inner world. The research this thesis based on was conducted between January 1996 and July 1997, in Istanbul.30cm.Social movements -- Religious aspects.Religion and social problems.Islamic movements.viii, 92 leaves;