The objective of the paper is to conceptualizing and discursive periodization of
Office for Strengthening Unity since its establishment, based on Foucauldian
discourse theories and conceptions like archaeology and genealogy, using discourse
analysis for understanding tradition and modernity. Furthermore, the aim of this
paper is, by clarifying discursive characteristics of every period, in terms of its
relevance to tradition-modernity discourse, to show discursive formation of different
periods and their thresholds. Then, by applying Foucauldian archaeology and his
methodological strategies, one determined propositions (influential verbal and
nonverbal actions) as population and purposed sampling as sampling method that
continued until no new data appear. Findings showed that one can distinct five
periods including: “Evolution from religious intellectualism to pure Islam
discourse”; “reproduction of pure Islam discourse”; “evolution from pure Islam
discourse to religious intellectualism”; and “evolution from religious intellectualism
to modern discourse and intensifying of discursive scattering points” and “formation
and deepening of two conflicting discourses (modern discourse and pure Islam
discourse”.