Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Turkism was one of the political movements emerging in the last period of the Ottoman Empire. Under scope of the Turkism movement, initially Ottoman belonging and realism were identifying factors. Subject matter realism comprises of such concepts like balance, strategy and interest. In the subsequent period, matter of racial origins became prevalent within framework of Turkism movement. Racial origin was construed as descending from Turkic blood. Figure of transition between the two periods of Turkism drive appeared as Dr. Rıza Nur. Dr. Rıza Nur acted as a figure defending Turkish identity based on purity of blood and race. It is to be reviewed in this article the Turkism perspective of Dr. Rıza Nur as the figure of transition between these two periods. Dr. Rıza Nur’s ideology shall be interpreted in respect of ethnical nationalism.
Source: İçtimaiyat
Author: Veysel Ergüç
Institution: Muş Alparslan University
Language: English
Topic: Historical Turkish Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3199130401