Atatürk`s Reforms: Realization of a Utopia by a Realist

Authors : Artun ÜNSAL

Pages : 27-57

Doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000193

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Publication Date : 1979-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Abdullah Cevdet, a well-known Turkish writer of the beginning of the century, believed, as did many others, that `There is no second civilization; civilization means European civilization, and it must be imported with batlı its roses and thorns`.1 According to him, the rulers of the Ottoman Empire had to abandon the policy of `half-way` borrowings and try to adopt so-called Western civilization. In other words, Turkey had no other way out, but to integrate herself thoroughly into European civilization. A series of articles insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(**); that appeared in his periodical İçtihad in 1912 under the title `A Very Wakeful Sleep` insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pek Uyanık Bir Uyku);, described a visionary view of the future for the country that certainly must have appeared fantastic to his contemporaries. The reverie contained such revolutionary novelties as :  
Keywords : Atatürk, Realization, Utopia