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The paradox of Turkish nationalism and the construction of official identity

Ayşe Gülden Kadıoğlu
- 01 Apr 1996 - 
- Vol. 32, Iss: 2, pp 177-193
TLDR
In this paper, the authors pose le problem du rapport de ce pays a l orient and a l-Occident and pose le probleme du rapport of l'Orient and l'Occident, and decrit les conflits entre ceux who defendirent la construction d'un Etat laic and ceux qui souhaitaient restaurer un Etat musulman.
Abstract
L'A. s'interroge sur l'identite nationale des turcs. Il s'interesse plus particulierement au nationalisme en Turquie et au role des elites d'Etat en ce qui concerne la construction d'une ideologie officiele republicaine qu'il etudie dans le detail. Il pose le probleme du rapport de ce pays a l'Orient et a l'Occident. Il souligne l'influence francaise et allemande lors de la constitution de l'Etat turc. Il estime qu la Turquie est parvenue a operer une synthese entre ces deux modeles. Il montre que dans le systeme scolaire on defend l'idee selon laquelle il convient d'adopter une vision occidentale en ce qui concerne la science et la technologie et une perspective orientale pour ce qui est de la spiritualite. Il decrit les conflits entre ceux qui defendirent la construction d'un Etat laic et ceux qui souhaitaient restaurer un Etat musulman au debut du siecle

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The Military and Democracy in the Third Turkish Republic

TL;DR: In the mid-1990s, civil-military relations in Turkey came close to the liberal-democratic model as mentioned in this paper and the military was essentially interested in contributing to public policy in matters it deemed important-matters that pertained to the internal and external defense of the country.