Burhanettin Duran

Duran is known as a critic of political Islam's engagement with the European Union in Turkey. For him, the use of an EU-related language weakened Islamic discourse of political Islam in Turkey. Although this EUropeanized language was a strategy of political Islam in the power struggle against the secular establishment of Turkey,<ref>Burhanettin Duran, "JDP and Foreign Policy as an Agent of Transformation." The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti (2006): 281-305</ref> this strategy transformed the identity of political Islam by weakening its Islamic vocabulary.<ref>Burhanettin Duran, "The experience of Turkish Islamism: between transformation and impoverishment." Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 12.1 (2010): 5-22.</ref>

Duran is known as a critic of political Islam's engagement with the European Union in Turkey. For him, the use of an EU-related language weakened Islamic discourse of political Islam in Turkey. Although this EUropeanized language was a strategy of political Islam in the power struggle against the secular establishment of Turkey,<ref>Burhanettin Duran, "JDP and Foreign Policy as an Agent of Transformation." The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti (2006): 281-305</ref> this strategy transformed the identity of political Islam by weakening its Islamic vocabulary.<ref>Burhanettin Duran, "The experience of Turkish Islamism: between transformation and impoverishment." Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 12.1 (2010): 5-22.</ref>

After his appointment as the director of the SETA, a think tank close to the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (JDP), Duran turned a prominent and vocal supporter of the JDP government. [[Ertugrul Ozkok]], a fervent critic of the JDP, called Duran as one of "benign" supporters of the JDP.<ref>'O ses Türkiye' sakinleşince, Hurriyet, 13 September 2014, http://sosyal.hurriyet.com.tr/yazar/ertugrul-ozkok_10/o-ses-turkiye-sakinlesince_27194850</ref>

After his appointment as the director of the SETA, a think tank close to the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (AKP), Duran turned a prominent and vocal supporter of the AKP government. [[Ertugrul Ozkok]], a fervent critic of the AKP, called Duran as one of "benign" supporters of the AKP.<ref>'O ses Türkiye' sakinleşince, Hurriyet, 13 September 2014, http://sosyal.hurriyet.com.tr/yazar/ertugrul-ozkok_10/o-ses-turkiye-sakinlesince_27194850</ref>

In July 2019, SETA released an "over 200- page document, which addresses the reports by BBC Turkish, Deutsche Welle Turkish, Voice of America (VoA), Euronews, CRI Turk and the Independent Turkish." The report caused immediate concern that SETA was using the report for "targeting the journalists."<ref>"Pro-AKP think tank publishes report profiling journalists working for foreign news outlets, ''Ahval News'', 6 July 2019, https://ahvalnews.com/journalism-turkey/pro-akp-think-tank-publishes-report-profiling-journalists-working-foreign-news</ref>

In July 2019, SETA released an "over 200- page document, which addresses the reports by BBC Turkish, Deutsche Welle Turkish, Voice of America (VoA), Euronews, CRI Turk and the Independent Turkish." The report caused immediate concern that SETA was using the report for "targeting the journalists."<ref>"Pro-AKP think tank publishes report profiling journalists working for foreign news outlets, ''Ahval News'', 6 July 2019, https://ahvalnews.com/journalism-turkey/pro-akp-think-tank-publishes-report-profiling-journalists-working-foreign-news</ref>