Celal Nuri (İleri)’de Batılılaşmanın Kapsamı ve Yöntemi Sorunu
The Problem of the Scope and Method of Westernization in Celal Nuri (İleri)

Summary/Abstract: Although there is a consensus on the process of Westernization in Turkey’s history, especially in the post-Tanzimat period, there are nevertheless important differences of opinion about its scope and method. Important opinions were expressed on the subjects of “scope” and “method” particularly in the intensely controversial socio-cultural environment of the second half of the nineteenth century. Discussions on such subject-matters continued intensely until the Republican period, whereas with the transition to the Republican period, there was a significant decrease in the discussions and debates mainly because the political will on the “scope” and “method” was determined and put into practice. Celal Nuri is one of those intellectuals who lived in both the Ottoman and Republican periods and by means of his views, he made important contributions to the process and quality of Turkish Westernization. Celal Nuri displayed a partial Westernization attitude regarding the scope of Westernization.

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