Nationalism in post-1980 Turkey : with special reference to True Path Party
Author
Keskiner, Korkut
Advisor
Heper, Metin
Date
1992Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
Turkish political system, experiencing a process of
change after World War I, has been deeply influenced by
the metamorphosis of the political elite and of the all
other political actors. The fact that the metamorphosis
is not an ongoing linear process, the breaks that Turkish
democracy faced are also the milestones of this change.
1980 military intervention, defining its raison d'etre
as the lack of reconciliation among the politicians,
initiated a new phase in Turkish political system. In
this context, and in the context of Turkic republics
proclaiming their independence one after another, PanTurkism
and New-Ottomanism being discussed again, and
ethnic questions coming to the agenda in Turkey and in
the world, this study endeavors to investigate if and to
what extent some of the political elite in the True Path
Party are subscribed to ethnic rather than territorial
nationalism, the latter being the nationalism conception
of the Republic of Turkey from its very beginning.