Anatolianism

Anatolianism (Turkish: "Anadoluculuk") is a term used to refer to the political view, that asserts a idea the Turkish people to be a descedents of indigenous population in Anatolia. Anatolianism is based in a historical and racial views, which celebrates the cultures and civilisations of the local ancestors. It was generated by some Turkish intellectuals in the early part of the 20th century, by whom the idea of a national identity, limited by geographical borders have played a significant role. Anatolianism embraces autochtony and the genealogical link between the modern Turks and the ancient peoples of the region. It became also an element in the process of nation-building in Turkey. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=a_LaVMC5YjcC&pg=PA182&dq=anatolianism&sig=ACfU3U1-_leeRDbhZSF6EGWFd4U3W_4VPQ#PPA182,M1 Identity, Culture and Globalization - Annals of the International Institute of Sociology.ISBN-10: 9004128735, ISBN-13: 978-9004128736, pg. 182 - 183.] ]

ee also

* Pan-Turkism
* Turkish nationalism
* Turkification

Notes

References

* Arman, Murat Necip. [http://www.personal.ceu.hu/PolSciJournal/CEU_PolSciJournal_II_2.pdf#page=34 "The Sources Of Banality In Transforming Turkish Nationalism"] . "CEU Political Science Journal", issue: 02 / 2007, pp. 133–151.
* Eissenstat, Howard. "Anatolianism: The History of a Failed Metaphor of Turkish Nationalism". Paper presented at Middle East Studies Association Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2002.
* Tachau, Frank. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1570234 "The Search for National Identity among the Turks"] . "Die Welt des Islams", New Series, Vol. 8, Issue 3 (1963), pp. 165–176.]