Abstract
<jats:p>Conservative and Social Change The Journal of Conservative Thought Accustomed motive of protection and desire for renaissance are two main qualities that exist in every human being. Curiosity for what is new, the pleasure that what is new brings, the worry about the current situation to disappear and the possibility that the upcoming situation may be detrimental are some of the situations that are experienced by every person. These two existing characteristics of human nature paved the way for rise of conventions such as conservatism and social change. In Turkish society, the development of these conventions occured in a chronologic periyod and via periodicals such as journals. Journal, has been an indispensable choice of thinkers because of the fact that it focuses on the main subject and it approaches the innovations on that topic in time, systematically. The Journal of Conservative Thought which is the main subject of our study is shaped on the concepts of conservatism and social change. In Turkish Literature, this journal is the printed resource in which conservatism is discussed in the most detailed and extensive way. It includes large amount of information on social change and especially on the modernization of Turkish society. For this reason, the study, with the context of journal, aims to do research on the basis of socio-cultural themes, such as reason, individual, family, religion, society, property, authority, change, custom and morals which are the basis of every society. This study aims to exhibit the concept of social change in Turkey within the context of the journal and to determine the conservatist reflexs against this idea. This study is a reading on Turkey from the perspective of interpretive Sociology and within the scope of the study, content analysis method was used. Keywords: Conservatism; Social Change; Magazine; Reason; Individual; Family; Religion; Custom; Society; Authority; Property</jats:p>