Ethnic and religious nationalism in Turkey: the cases of Atsiz and Arvasi

YILDIZ T., Kizir D.

TURKISH STUDIES, cilt.24, sa.1, ss.75-98, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14683849.2022.2063048
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.75-98
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Turkish nationalism, ethnic nationalism, religious nationalism, Atsiz, Arvasi, TURKISH NATIONALISM, AHMET ARVASI, ISLAM, KEMALISM, CONSTRUCTION, VIOLENCE, LOGIC, SEX
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article compares the ideas of Huseyin Nihal Atsiz and Seyyid Ahmet Arvasi, two iconic ideologues of ethnic and religious nationalism in Turkey, respectively, on the issues of history, identity, and national ideal. It first argues that Atsiz mainly presents a history of Turkish supremacism whereas Arvasi embraces a method of Islamization to remember history. It also demonstrates that Atsiz tends to equate the racial and the national while Arvasi uses Islamic legitimacy for Turkish identity and nationalism. It is also evident that while Atsiz offers classical pan-nationalism, Arvasi shows third-worldist and universalistic tendencies in defining Turkish destiny.