Racism in Turkey: The Case of Huseyin Nihal Atsiz
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(2002). Racism in Turkey: The Case of Huseyin Nihal Atsiz. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 119-130.
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Atsız had a social Darwinist nationalist understanding that idealized blood, violence and war and held that strong nations can survive only by fighting.
“Kan, şiddet ve savaşın idealize edildiği, güçlü milletlerin ancak savaşarak ayakta kalabileceğini öngören sosyal Darwinist bir milliyetçilik anlayışa sahip olan Atsız”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002: 120
Nihal Atsız's understanding of Turkism is based on racist-Turanist ideas.
“Nihal Atsız's understanding of Turkism based on racist-Turanist ideas”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002: 119
Atsız defended a monolithic Turkish nation and a monolithic Turkish culture from the Balkans to the Altai.
“yekpare bir Türk milleti ve Balkanlar'dan Altaylar'a yekpare bir Türk kültürünü (Uzer, 2002: 120) savunmuş”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002: 120
Atsız sees the Turkification of Gypsies as a crime against the purity of the Turkish race and blood.
“Atsız, çingenelerin Türkleştirilmesini, Türk ırkının ve kanının saflığına karşı işlenmiş bir cinayet olarak görür”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002
According to Atsız, Turkishness should penetrate every area of daily life such as language, literature and music.
“Atsız'a göre Türklük; dil, edebiyat, müzik gibi günlük yaşamın her alanına nüfuz etmelidir (Atsız, 1942b, 1972; Uzer, 2002: 120).”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002: 120
Ziya Gökalp's thought was criticized by Atsız for 'not being racist'.
“Ziya Gökalp düşüncesi Atsız tarafından 'ırkçı olmamakla' eleştirilmiştir (Uzer 2002: 122).”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer 2002: 122
According to Atsız, racism is a fundamental necessity preventing the superior race from mixing with inferior races, and the basis of the Turkish race should be race and blood, not language.
“Irkçılık, Atsız'a göre, üstün ırkın, düşük ırklarla karışmasını önleyen temel bir gerekliliktir ve Türk Irkının esası dil değil ırk ve kan olmalıdır (Uzer, 2002: 126).”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002: 126
Atsız claims that the winner of the Çanakkale war was the Turkish race, not the 'Turkish nation' including other mixed groups like Kurds.
“Çanakkale savaşını kazananın Türk ırkı olduğunu, Kürtler gibi diğer karışık grupları da kapsayan 'Türk milleti' olmadığını iddia eder (Atsız, 1967b; Uzer, 2002).”
From Turkishness in Nihal Atsız’s Ideas and the Crossroads of the Nationalist Movement (2022) · cites this paper as Uzer, 2002
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- Authors
- Uzer, U.
- Corresponding author
- Uzer, Umut
- ORCID
- Uzer, Umut
- Venue
- Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 119-130
- ISSN
- 0266-6952 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-2004
- 1469-9591
- OpenAlex
- W2063877147
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Turkey's Politics and Society
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Historical Turkish Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Turkish Literature and Culture
- Keywords
- racism, Turkish Muslims, ethnic discrimination, Islamophobia, religious minorities in Turkey
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