\u00c7\u00f6z\u00fcmledi\u011fi sosyal olgu ve sorunlar\u0131 \u00f6zg\u00fcn \u00fcslubuyla harmanlad\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00fcr\u00fcnleriyle T\u00fcrk fikir hayat\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6nemli fig\u00fcrlerinden biri olan Cemil Meri\u00e7, \u201cKimim ben?\u201d sorusuna, \u201cHayat\u0131n\u0131 T\u00fcrk irfan\u0131na adayan, m\u00fcnzevi ve m\u00fctecessis bir fikir i\u015f\u00e7isi\u201d diye cevap veren \u201c\u00f6zg\u00fcn\u201d ve \u201cayk\u0131r\u0131\u201d bir d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce adam\u0131d\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Kendi deyimiyle tecess\u00fcslerinin y\u00f6neldi\u011fi ilk kutup olan Avrupa\u2019dan Asya (Hind) d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncesine d\u00f6nen, oradan da T\u00fcrk toplumuna y\u00f6nelen, \u201cmuhte\u015fem bir m\u00e2ziyi, daha muhte\u015fem bir istikbale ba\u011flayan k\u00f6pr\u00fc olmak\u201d isteyen Meri\u00e7, bu anlay\u0131\u015fla Osmanl\u0131 ayd\u0131n\u0131ndan T\u00fcrk ayd\u0131n\u0131na, Bat\u0131l\u0131la\u015fmadan \u00e7a\u011fda\u015fla\u015fmaya, tarihten g\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fcze, d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnceden edebiyata, \u0130slam\u00ee d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnceden Marksist d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnceye, ideolojilerden anar\u015fi, ter\u00f6r ve anomiye, ansiklopedilerden Kitab-\u0131 Mukaddes\u2019e kanat a\u00e7an engin bir d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce zenginli\u011fine sahiptir.<\/p>\n
Cemil Meri\u00e7\u2019in gayesi; ilmin, sa\u011fduyunun, akl\u0131n ve iman\u0131n k\u0131lavuzlu\u011funda, kendimizi yani d\u00fcn\u00fc ve bug\u00fcn\u00fc ile T\u00fcrk insan\u0131n\u0131, T\u00fcrk toplumunu, T\u00fcrk ayd\u0131n\u0131n\u0131, T\u00fcrk d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncesini tan\u0131makt\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Cemil Meri\u00e7\u2019in ortaya koydu\u011fu yakla\u015f\u0131mlar\u0131n etrafl\u0131 bir et\u00fcd\u00fc yap\u0131lmadan bile g\u00f6r\u00fclebilece\u011fi gibi o, hemen hemen toplumsal hayat\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n b\u00fct\u00fcn a\u015famalar\u0131nda, iki asr\u0131 ge\u00e7en bir zaman dilimi boyunca bo\u011fu\u015ftu\u011fumuz sorunlar\u0131 te\u015frih masas\u0131na yat\u0131rm\u0131\u015f ve yine bir\u00e7ok sosyal olgu hakk\u0131nda umulmad\u0131k \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcm \u00f6nerileriyle \u201ckral \u00e7\u0131plak\u201d deme cesaretini g\u00f6stermi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n
Entelekt\u00fcel \u00fcretim anlam\u0131nda farkl\u0131 d\u00fcnya g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015flerinin rahatl\u0131kla benimseyebilece\u011fi verimli bir hayat s\u00fcren Meri\u00e7, XXI. y\u00fczy\u0131lda T\u00fcrk toplumunun k\u00fcresel ve b\u00f6lgesel anlamda i\u00e7 i\u00e7e oldu\u011fu sorunlar\u0131n \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcm\u00fc ad\u0131na h\u00e2l\u00e2 b\u00fcy\u00fck de\u011fer ta\u015f\u0131yan g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fleriyle incelenmeyi, bug\u00fcn belki d\u00fcn oldu\u011fundan daha fazla hak etmektedir.<\/p>\n
Bu metinde esas olarak, yak\u0131n tarihimizde ya\u015fam\u0131\u015f, kendine has fikir ve tespitleriyle s\u0131ra d\u0131\u015f\u0131 kalabilmeyi ba\u015faran, \u00f6mr\u00fc boyunca ve halen pek az anla\u015f\u0131lan T\u00fcrk d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncesinin \u00f6nemli isimlerinden Cemil Meri\u00e7\u2019in g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fleri, medeniyet tasavvurlar\u0131 \u00e7er\u00e7evesinde, Do\u011fu, Bat\u0131 ve \u00f6zellikle de T\u00fcrk toplumu do\u011frultusunda incelenecektir.<\/p>\n