@article{article_316379, title={Nationalization and Modernization Discussions in Education in Ataturk Era}, journal={Recent Period Turkish Studies}, volume={16}, pages={57–80}, year={2017}, author={Kanbolat, Erhan}, keywords={Cumhuriyet,Eğitim,Millilik,Modernleşme}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:14px;">Educational policies of Turkish Republic, established in 1923, were formed around  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">“Nationalization”, “Modernization-Westernization” and “Secularism” concepts.  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">Even though there was no significant opposition to those policies that became  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">definite towards the end of 1920s, some discussions on what should be understood  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">from these concepts occurred in 1930s. Although criticisms regarding foreign effect  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">in education and spiritual aspect of education were mentioned in these discussions,  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">rulers of that era handled “Nationalization-Modernization-Secularism”  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">concepts in harmony with each other theoretically and made no compromises from  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">these policies pursued in this direction. </span> </p>}, number={31}, publisher={İstanbul Üniversitesi}