TY  - JOUR
TT  - From Canonical Territories to National Watan: The From Canonical Territories to National Watan: The Balkan Wars and Balkan Wars and Balkan Wars and theEmergence of Turkish Nationalism
AU  - Taştan, Yahya Kemal
PY  - 2012
DA  - October
JF  - Türk Dünyası İncelemeleri Dergisi
JO  - TDID
PB  - Ege Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1301-2045
SP  - 1
EP  - 99
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
KW  - Anahtar Kelimeler: Anahtar Kelimeler: lar
KW  - vatan
KW  - hayali vatan
KW  - Turan Anahtar Kelimeler: Balkanlar
KW  - Balkan Savaşları
KW  - Türkçülük
KW  - kanonik toprak
N2  - ABSTRACTABSTRACTABSTRACTLosing the sovereignty, which continued approximately five centuries under the rule of Ottoman Empire, in Balkans had been a big trauma for Turks along with Balkan Wars. Transformation of the region at issue, as the sharing area of the nation-states due to the historical assertions, is the source of the instability in the region. The same problems are in the base of the region’s instability in today. Loss of Balkans, accepted as the presence reason of Ottoman Empire, sistematical carnage of Muslim Turkish population, emigration and assimilation policies, had created a “wounded conscious”. Gaining more importance of Turkism in public opinion and politics, is paralel to the catastrophic defeat, created by Balkan Wars and in this duration, the concept of homeland had also transformed. The concept of “memalik”, expressing the lands under the rule of Ottoman Empire in the classical age, had changed parallel to the political and social developments, besides this, “the idea of “homeland” was borned related with the seeking of identity. The qualification of “dârü’l-harb”, expressing the canonic land, changed within modernization and left his place to a secular theme, “homeland”. Besides this, the concept of Turan, begining to be popular while gaining a political content, is contemporary with Balkan Wars. Loss of Balkans, accepted as the presence philosophy of the empire, and consecutive loss of the lands had motivated the Ottoman intellectuals to create a imaginary homeland. In this essay, social campaign in the chaotic environment due to Balkan Wars and the seek of national identity have been examined, the meanings of the concept of homeland have been scrutinized
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/egetdid/issue//380673
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/406837
ER  -