Tradition, Secularization, And Religion: Neo-Islamization in the Composition of Turkish Nationalism
Journal: Journal of Humanity and Society (insan & toplum)
Year: 2025

This study focuses on the relationship between Turkish nationalism and religion by considering the key role of religion in comprehending the pre-modern foundations of nationalism. The nationalism that emerged in the late Ottoman Empire had an eclectic relationship with Islam and was theoretically and politically religious in nature. With the establishment of the modern state, the relationship between religion and nationalism was interrupted, and Kemalist nationalism with its Western ethno-secula