Türkleşmek, İslamlaşmak, Muasırlaşmak
As its name suggests, Turkification, Islamization, Contemporaryization is one of Gökalp’s important works in which he expresses his ideas on the most fundamental issues.
This work should be your introduction to his world of ideas.
This small volume describes the days we are living in the 21st century.
Almost none of the ideas presented in the work are a thing of the past.
As an intellectual of 100 years ago, Gökalp speaks about our agenda.
What does the founding father of the Republic and Turkism say?
First of all, he exalts and praises democracy, that is, the people’s self-governance.
He draws attention to the Anglo-Saxon tradition of ascending to the top, not the French tradition of descending from the top.
He especially states that freedom of the press must be protected to the maximum extent.
He underlines that the nation-state is not an intellectual choice but a historical necessity.
