Nationalism in the context of center-periphery relation in Turkish modernization

In western societies, interaction between central authorities and social periphery is one of the most important element that exposed modern national government since 17th century.These thoughts in western political history affected the direction and the content of foreign policy about modernization and westernization of Ottoman Empire entering dissolution period. Nationalism, apperaenced in the west by the means of ideological effective interaction between center and periphery was understood differently starting from the Ottoman Empire to Republic.While the social disconnections coming from the traditional structure of the Ottoman Empire were being tried to abolish,on the other hand these disconnections were reproduced argumently in different ways.The continuity coming from the modernization method between the period of the Ottoman Empire and Republican periods, appeared.During this modernization period, dominant nationalist ideology of central politics became involved in this rupture, in addition to the cultural and religious differences in between centre and periphery.In Turkish Modernization, perception of nationalism intending to create the national state and the response against nationalism was discussed whether it was a part of social consensus or not. Key Words: Modernization, Nationalism,Center-Periphery