The impact of strong state tradition on the early republican reforms of secularization in Turkey (1923-1938)

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buir.advisorÖzbudun, Ergun
dc.contributor.authorTaş, Hakkı
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T11:02:27Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T11:02:27Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aims at identifying the implications of strong state tradition from the Ottoman Empire to the Early Republic within the case of the secularization process. It relies on the theory that the Turkish nation-state has inherited from its predecessor a strong state tradition, in which the state is more than the sum of sectional interests within the society. In the Ottoman-Turkish polity, the state enjoyed a supreme position, which resulted in a pragmatic view toward social institutions like religion. In addition, elitism appeared through the conception of state as the sole agent for total development. Atatürk maintained the same mentality parallel to the Turkish state tradition: he had a pragmatic approach to religion along with the conception of the supreme state. He also continued the elitist top-down modernization launched by the Ottoman reformers. This thesis argues that in Turkish practice, it is the state that prevails.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityTaş, Hakkıen_US
dc.format.extentix, 130 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB091813
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/29633
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectStrong State Traditionen_US
dc.subjectEarly Republican Reformsen_US
dc.subjectSecularizationen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subject.lccJQ1802 .T27 2005en_US
dc.subject.lcshState, The.en_US
dc.titleThe impact of strong state tradition on the early republican reforms of secularization in Turkey (1923-1938)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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