Open AccessATATURK'S REFORMS: REALIZATION OF AN UTOPIA BY A REALIST
Author(s) -
Artun Ünsal
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the turkish yearbook of international relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-5382
pISSN - 0544-1943
DOI - 10.1501/intrel_0000000193
Subject(s) - civilization , turkish , ottoman empire , utopia , history , western culture , classics , ancient history , literature , philosophy , art history , art , law , political science , archaeology , politics , linguistics
According to him, the rulers of the Ottoman Empire had to abandon the policy of "half-way" borrowings and t ry 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 (**) that appeared in his periodical İçtihad in 1912 under the title "A Very Wakeful Sleep" (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 :
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