TÜRK RÖNESANSI VE HÜMANİZMA: MİLLİ KİMLİĞİN İÇERİĞİNE AHMET HAMDİ TANPINAR VE HİLMİ ZİYA ÜLKEN’İN KATKILARI
Turkish Renaissance and Humanism: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar and Hilmı Ziya Ulken’s Contributions to the Defınıtıon of Turkish National Identity

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the thoughts of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar and Hilmi Ziya Ülken defining Turkish national identity during the emergence of Turkish national identity in the era of transition period from multi-national Empire to a modern- secular-nation state. At the time of early years of Republic, there were seen different acceptions of contents of national identity. Article focuses on the ideas of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar and Hilmi Ziya Ülken’s conceptualizations of Turkish identity combining universal modernism and humanism, at the same time supporting local/folk values. Having said that, these two intellectuals suggest that, modern Turkish identity should be derived from Anatolian humanism, which was the real source of humanism. It could be realized through a Turkish Renaissance

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