Race in turkish nationalism and its political components

This study aims to analyze the racial phenomenon and its political components in Turkish nationalism. The historical process to be discussed in this direction will start from the last periods of the Ottoman Empire and will continue until today. The first part of the study is devoted to the literature of nationalism studies and the original classification of this literature. In the second part, the concept of biopolitics will be discussed. The framework to be established with the help of the concept of biopolitics, which cannot find a place in nationalism studies, will continue with nationalism and nation state phenomena with a different reading proposal. In the third part, which can be considered as the main part of the study, the traces of the race phenomenon in Turkish nationalism will be investigated and political components will be analyzed. In this context, political leaders, parties, non-governmental organizations, associations or journals will be used as research subjects of the study. The last part of the study tries to discuss the position of national state and nationalism concepts in the face of globalization debates and to determine the place of Turkish nationalism in these debates. Keywords: Nationalism, Race, Nation Building Process, Turkish Nationalism, Biopolitics, Globalization