Abstract
This essay deals with a subject that has been discussed since the beginnings of Islam and has recently occupied the agenda of modern Islam, especially in the Turkish Republic. The paper addresses the issue of praying in a non‐Arabic language and in a non‐traditional format. In this study, the overall aim is to demonstrate that an attempt has been made to reshape and reconfigure religious life in Turkey through the state policies of Westernization and nationalism. However, the reason for the transformation is associated with an old debate. This study thus will discuss first the classical debate and then contextualize the new version within the Republican period, the main stage for the transformation of the prayer form.
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