Turkish Nationalism in the Young Turk Era

Nationalism (Turkism) has a very important place in Turkey's modernization history. Ottoman intellectuals were first influenced by "Western European type" nationalism, and later by "Eastern European (Balkans) type" nationalism. The word "nation", which has an Islamic meaning, gradually began to be used in the sense of "nation". One of the branches of Turkish nationalism had inherited the idea of the "Ottoman nation"; The aim was to establish an Ottoman nation-state. Ziya Gökalp wrote in 1918 that Ottomanism and Turanism were interconnected and claimed that a great Turkish nation would be formed with the spread of Ottoman culture, which gained a national Turkish identity. The aim of another movement was to create a non-Ottoman Turkish state in Asia. Neither of these movements would be successful, and the unification of all Turks would become completely impossible after the October Revolution and the War of Independence. The nationalism of the newly established Republic was directed only towards Anatolian Turks; However, it can be said that the nationalism of the Young Turk period paved the way for Republican nationalism. In his book, Masami Arai argues that, contrary to popular belief, Turkish nationalists did not always pursue a policy of secularization and Westernization. Constitutionalism nationalists were more
It indicates that they are in favor of Islamization and "contemporaryization". Masami Arai, who thinks that it is not right to understand the modernization history of non-Western countries with Western standards (and is a non-Western!), also gives a detailed list of the articles published in Turkist publications such as Turkish Association, Genç Kalemler, Türk Ocağı and İslam Mecmuası.



Number of Pages: 222

Year of Printing: 2003


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2003

Language Turkish