The paradoxical image of the west in different ideologies and essentialism in Turkish politics
The paradoxical image of the west in different ideologies and essentialism in Turkish politics

Summary/Abstract: In recalling the research in Ismet Parlak and Özlem Kiliçarslan’s interesting article "The west or the EU as «the other» from the perspective of national pride" this article aims to explore why the EU (or the west) has a role in the Turkish public sphere and its reflections in the different ideologies in Turkey. In this sense, the first section explains Turkish nationalism and its paradoxical mindset, while the second evaluates how and why this mindset is reflected in the different ideologies in Turkey.

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