REFLECTIONS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IN TURKEY

History is filled with the economic, cultural and ideological wars of the societies. While these wars are based on apparent cause, military power, and economic embargo, they have often been attacked by their belonging and their values are disreputable. Islamophobia and anti-Islamism are also one of these areas. After the end of the Cold War, the West, seeking to dominate the world, has successfully emerged from the struggle with the danger of communism and has searched for a new horror. At this point, the Islamic enemy lies at the base of the Islamic fear that it engages in, and it is an indisputable fact because of the labelling of Muslims as terrorists. Especially after the events of September 11, the West has legitimized its occupation with this fear and has reduced it to the concept of "civilization" and the barbarism it has made to the concept of "civilization conflict". The different faces of this Islamic hostility, which in time overflowed the Blood of the Middle East, influenced Turkey, whose Muslim population today is almost entirely Muslim, in various areas. Especially the creation of secularism, the controversy over the years, the issue of the head cover over the years, the enmity of the 28 February process and secular-religious distinction drove our country to chaos at different times