ISLA 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Turkish Nationalism, Turkish Language, Balkan Wars

• School: McGill University
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Course: ISLA 300
• Professor: Sumeyra Gurbuzel

Document Summary

The reason he is so important is that he is a key figure of the ideological nationalism of the cup. We"ve seen also how this ideology changed towards nationalism gradually. After 1912-13, the ottomans not only lost important territories, but they also experienced an influx of muslims from the balkans. At this early stage of turkish nationalism, the entire turkish administration is now [racially?] administrated. Need turkish eduction, speak the turkish language, votes in the turkish institutions, etc. The muslim immigrants from the balkans enter into this context of turkish institutions and the nationalist purpose of institutions + involved the resettlement of muslims refugees after 1913 (about 45,000). It was kind of an assimilationist attempt for turkishness. "there are not rights, only duties" - against individualism. Turkish solidarity groups; so it is not exactly a racially excluded [turkamen]. Strong nationalism, but after the balkan wars, nationalism becomes the dominant ideology.