LIBERALIZMIN DÖNÜSÜMÜ
TRANSFORMATION OF LIBERALISM

Summary/Abstract: Following the transformation of the social structure of the middle ages into a variety of liberties/freedoms, liberalism has appeared as a struggle against all kinds of phenomena that limit the social, political, and economical life of individuals. Along with the transformation of the social structure in the middle ages, nation states have replaced the place of universal Christian world. While rationality took the place of God, rational individual took the place of Pope, and citizenship of a country took the place of feudal relationships. Principally two approaches are observed in the development and prevalance of liberalism. The first approach is the negative liberty-oriented and individualistic classical liberalist approach which proposes to restrict the state with constitution, and thus according to Laissez Faire (in terms of economics) attaches importance to open market economy via the restricted state idea. On the other hand, the second approach is the positive liberty-oriented social liberalist approach which proposes that only particular liberties can be made meaningful by means of the state.

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