Humanist or Bigot? Rereading Thomas More and His Utopia

Abstract

It is difficult to say that other works of Thomas More, generally known with his Utopia, were met with a similar interest in the Turkish literature. However, there are sections in these Works that are directly related to theTurkish-Ottoman-Islamic world. When the books in question are read together with the Utopia, it will be seen that the language of 'friendly-humanist-love', which is assumed to dominate Utopia, is replaced by anger and hate speech against Protestantism and Turkish-Ottoman-Islamic identities. This study proposes to read Thomas More's Utopia book with other Works and under their light. A brief evaluation has been made in the conclusion section about how the difference between style and approach can be observed between the author's Utopia and his other works in terms of freedom in general and, in particular, freedom of religion. © 2020 TURKIYE ORTADOGU AMME IDARES IENSTITUSU. All rights reserved.