Özet:

Post-1989 transformation process of Poland as well as other Central and East European Countries implies, beyond an institutional-legal adjustment, the normative reconstruction of the domestic environment according to the democratic-liberal principles of Western Europe. Transforming socio-political and economic identity of a state is a very difficult task and requires, first of all, the attainment and adoption of the new principles by the constituent actors of the state. In other words, the actors in the social, political and economic realm of the country whether individuals or institutions should learn the essential principles of the new system and, then, adapt themselves to this system normatively. This study aims to unfold that to what extent a prominent national-religious actor in Poland, namely Roman Catholic Church, has achieved such an adaption in the course of the post-1989 democratic-liberal transformation of the country. There is no comparative approach in the article. However, bearing in mind the religious-social actors and structures in Turkey that experiences a similar changing process like Poland on the way of EU integration, the story of the Roman Catholic Church is expected to be useful for the reader in Turkey.

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