Nurettin Topçu’nun “Taşralı” Adlı Eserinde Dini Otorite ve Din Adamı

The Religious Authority and The Muslim Clergy in The Book "Taşralı” Written by Nurettin Topçu

Özet

Sosyolojik bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirildiğinde dini otorite sahibi olarak

Abstract

When evaluated from a sociological point of view, it is seen that the people who areconsidered to have the religious authority are emphasized by their functions such asgiving information, finding solutions to problems, and solving mental and physicalproblems of people.Nurettin Topçu, who stated that religious education is to train the heart in the firstplace, believed that being a member of the Muslim clergy cannot be regarded as aprofession. He said that creating a new social class called "Muslim clergy" causespeople to consider religion as a craft. Topçu mentioned his ideas on this matter in mostof his works.Topçu’s stories which tell about Anatolia in the 1950s were compiled in the book“Taşralı”, and through these literary texts he presented some striking examples ofusing religion as a means of authority.In this study, how religion can be used as a means of authority will be evaluated byanalysing the protagonists and supporting characters which portray the Muslim clergyin Topçu’s stories compiled in “Taşralı”, in line with the author’s views which hestated in his other works.