Osmanlıdan Günümüze Demokratikleşme Süresinde Siyasi Hayatı ve Kemalizm

If we leave aside the syndromes of ideological obsession, what we see is a style of action that, starting from the time the Ottoman Empire realized it was beginning to decline, highlighted developments it had imported from outside, but settled on formalism.

In particular, in our opinion, the fallacy that began with its name, due to its attachment to the idea that change and development would occur through the acquisition of institutions, led to an obsessive ignoring of differences of belief in cultural and social structures.

With the pressure of lost wars, the first target of formalist change became military institutions.

Later, the basis of searches in law, general education, and finally politics would be hoped for solutions related to form rather than in-depth analyses.

Essentially, what is being presented is a "top-down" search.

Thus, while it domesticates its people with authority in line with the views and beliefs of the elite minority, it will nev Show More