Turkey and Its Inferiority Complex
10 Pages Posted: 13 Nov 2017 Last revised: 31 Jan 2018
Date Written: November 9, 2017
Abstract
How and why did the modern Republic of Turkey emerge so secular, and thereby different from other countries in the Middle East and Muslim countries in general? This paper aims to answer this question and more by taking a psychological approach.
Keywords: Turkey, Modern Turkey, Secularism, Middle East, Asia, Anatolia, History, History of the Middle East, History of Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Colonialism, Nationalism, Ottoman Empire, Islam, Mustafa Kemal, European Union, French Secularism, Kemalism, Ataturk, World War I, 19th Century, 20th Century
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Chaudry, Zagham, Turkey and Its Inferiority Complex (November 9, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3068415 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3068415
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