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.
Highlights
Turkism movement became prevalent as a drive flourishing in the last periods of the Ottoman Empire
Various discourses or forms appeared within the scope of the Turkism movement during the time period from the Ottoman Empire to the Early Republic, the constant thing is that Turkishness was given a central place
To put it more clearly, the nationalism based on blood and culture seen in primordialism recurs in Dr Rıza Nur's understanding of Turkism will be the argument of this study
Summary
Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun son döneminde beliren siyasal akımlardan biri Türkçülük olmuştur. Türkçülük akımı içerisinde ilk olarak Osmanlı aidiyeti ve realizm belirleyici olmuştur. Sonraki dönemde Türkçülük akımı dâhilinde ırksal köken konusu belirgin hale gelmiştir. Türkçülük akımı içerisinde iki damarı mecz eden düşünür Dr Rıza Nur olmuştur. Türkçülük akımındaki iki damara da yer veren Dr Rıza Nur’un Türkçülük anlayışı incelenecektir. Dr Rıza Nur’un düşüncesi, milliyetçilik kuramlarından biri olan ilkçi yaklaşım ile bağlantılı biçimde okunacaktır. Turkism in The Thougt of Dr Rıza Nur: A Reading From The Perspective of Primordialism. İçtimaiyat Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021, Cilt 5, Sayı 2 http://dergipark.gov.tr/ictimaiyat
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
