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RELASI KUASA DALAM TAFSIR HAK DῙNI KUR’ĀN DILI : STUDI ATAS PENAFSIRAN ELMALILI HAMDI YAZIR TERHADAP AYAT POLIGAMI PADA MASA TRANSISI TURKI Ardi Kurniawan; Darwis Hude; Nur Rofiah
El-Mu'Jam. Jurnal Kajian Al Qur'an dan Al-Hadis Vol 6 No 1 (2026)
Publisher : IAINU Kebumen Prodi IAT

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33507/el-mujam.v6i1.3751

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This article explores the relationship between power and Qur’anic interpretation by examining Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s exegesis of polygamy verses in the Turkish context. It argues that interpretation is not purely intellectual but often intersects with political authority, functioning as a tool of legitimacy for state policies. This dynamic became especially visible during Turkey’s transition from the Ottoman Caliphate to the modern Republic, when religious interpretation was mobilized to support emerging political ideologies and national identity. This study employs a qualitative library research method, drawing on primary sources from Elmalılı’s works and relevant secondary literature. Using descriptive-analytical and historical-critical-contextual approaches, the research situates his interpretation within broader socio-political transformations. The findings reveal that Elmalılı’s interpretation of polygamy reflects a high degree of intellectual independence and was not shaped by direct state intervention. He emphasizes justice as the central condition for polygamy, framing it within ethical, social, and humanitarian considerations. Rather than prohibiting the practice outright, he underscores that it must adhere to principles of fairness and public welfare. For Elmalılı, polygamy is not an unrestricted right but a conditional practice bound by moral responsibility and the historical context of revelation.  
Relasi Kuasa Negara-Agama dan Produksi Otoritas Keagamaan di Turki: Dari Kemalisme hingga AKP Ardi Kurniawan; Muhammad Darwis Hude; Nur Rofiah; Nurul Qomarudin
Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences (IJoMS) Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences (IJoMS)
Publisher : CV. Era Digital Nusantara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59066/ijoms.v5i2.2692

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Turkey represents a distinctive model of state-controlled secularism, in which religion is not institutionally separated from the state but is administered through the Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı (Presidency of Religious Affairs). This study examines how state–religion power relations have shaped religious authority, socio-religious practices, and patterns of resistance from the Kemalist period to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) era. Employing a qualitative library research design, this study analyzes a purposively selected corpus of state policy documents, official Diyanet publications, peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, and historical studies published primarily between 2011 and 2025, supplemented by seminal theoretical works. The data were examined using qualitative content analysis and interpreted through Michel Foucault's concepts of power, governmentality, and pastoral power. The findings indicate that state control over religious institutions encouraged the standardization of Sunni religious authority through Diyanet while limiting the institutional recognition of non-mainstream religious communities, particularly the Alevi community and several Sufi orders. The study further demonstrates that the transition from the secular-Kemalist establishment to the AKP government did not diminish state intervention in religious affairs but rather reoriented Diyanet from safeguarding republican secularism toward expanding Islamic-conservative religious discourse in the public sphere, thereby generating new forms of negotiation and resistance among secular and minority religious groups. This article contributes to the literature by offering a Foucauldian interpretation of Turkish secularism as a dynamic form of state-managed religious governance, highlighting the continuity and transformation of state power across different political regimes rather than a simple transition from secularism to religiosity.