| ID | 163463 |
| Title Proper | Ethnocultural nationalism and Turkey’s non-Muslim minorities during the early republican period |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Eligür, Banu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | his article analyses the Turkish nationalist elite’s economic and demographic Turkification policies toward the non-Muslim minorities in the 1920s and 1930s, and argues that the nationalist elite pursued ethnocultural nationalism toward the country’s non-Muslim citizens, while applying civic-territorial nationalism toward Muslim Turks. The article maintains that the nationalist elite, like the Young Turk regime, aimed at forming a national Turkish Muslim businessmen class at the expense of the non-Muslim minorities by pursuing economic and demographic Turkification policies. |
| `In' analytical Note | British Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 46, 1, Feb-2019; p158-177 |
| Journal Source | British Journal of Middle East Studies Vol: 46 No 1 |
| Key Words | Nationalism ; Turkish ; Non-Muslim Minorities ; Turkish Muslims |