Özgürlük Hareketleri, Maneviyattaki Yaratıcılık ve Ötesi İçin Öneriler: Türkiye Örneği ve AB Söylemi
Liberation Movements, Creativity in the Spirituality and Propositions for Beyond: The Case of Turkey and the EU Discourse

Summary/Abstract: As different from the realist theories of international relations, this article takes spirituality as an indispensable part of one’s identity, but as well of nations’ and that of the international community. By its nature, it constitutes the bases of internal harmony which is a peaceful self existence that provides for a sense of justice, morality and liberation, the latter especially conditioning the spiritual experience. From those aspects, each liberation movement is as well spiritually experienced through a sense of liberation, justice and morality. On the other hand, as spirituality involves also inter-connectedness, each liberation movement would aim at its international recognition. Thus, the spiritual dimension is not limited to the individual level but develops further towards the national and international levels within an understanding of collective existence. Those factors point as well to the creativity in the spiritual element. On the other hand, as in liberation movements, Turkey’s European Union discourse is as well in search for its positive recognition, including its spirituality. In this respect, the most important aspect in Turkey’s relations with the EU at present is not of democratic nature as claimed, but of its belonging to a different era of spirituality, defining the “other”. The article therefore concludes that it is not the spiritual aspect but spirituality taken as a cultural barrier, which is the essential blockage in Turkey’s EU discourse. On the other hand, although spiritualities refer to different cultural eras, as different from spirituality, propositions for beyond of the article, insists that in the era of globalization, culture should necessarily be competitive force. Indeed, globalization necessitates competitivity of cultures to be able to represent the different cultural standards on the same ground. Finally, the article underlines that the creativity in the spirituality would challenge the realist approaches of the current international system for a common world peace. Therefore, the spirituality should be treated as a much wider category than religions to open up for such a perspective.

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