An intellectual history of Turkish nationalism : between Turkish ethnicity and Islamic identity / Umut Uzer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.

The emergence of Turkish nationalism: from Ottomanism to Turkism -- Two great minds: Yusuf Akçura and ziya Gökalp -- Kemalist nationalism: "happy is the person who says i am a Turk" -- Ethnic nationalism under the shadow of the Gray Wolf: racism and pan-Turkism -- Conservative nationalism: the Turkish-Islamic synthesis or the Turkish-Islamic ideal? -- Conclusion: the end of nationalism?

Turkish nationalism entered the world stage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Greeks, Armenians, and other minority groups within the Ottoman Empire began to seek independence. Partly in response to the rising nationalist voices of these groups, Turkish intellectuals began championing nationalist ideas in academic and popular books. Later associations disseminated the ideology and propaganda through journals with the support of the Unionist and Kemalist governments. While analyzing these original sources, Umut Uzer takes into account how political developments influenced Turkish nationalism. He tackles the question of how an ideology that began as a revolutionary, progressive, forward-looking ideal eventually transformed into one that is conservative, patriarchal, and nostalgic about the Ottoman and Islamic past. This is the first book in any language to analyze Turkish nationalism with such comprehensive scope and engagement with primary sources; it aims to dissect the phenomenon in all its manifestations. -- from back cover.

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