Çağdaş Yunan aydınlanması ve 19. yüzyıl Yunan milliyetçiliği

ABSTRACTMODERN GREEK ENLIGHTENMENTAND 19TH CENTURY GREEK NATIONALISMMurat ÖnsoyM.A., Department of International RelationsSupervisor: Doc. Dr. Hasan ÜnalJune 2005This thesis analyzes modern Greek enlightenment and 19th century Greek Nationalism, in thelight of nationalism theories. It confronts with the process of Modern Greek enlightenmentwhich took place within the lands of the Ottoman Empire and the Greek nationalism whichwas the second phase of the modern Greek enlightenment. The thesis argues that the landswhere today Greeks live had been invaded and settled by various ethnic groups. As a result itlost its ethnic ties with the ancient Greeks. Modern Greeks are not the descendants of ancientGreeks as they accept. Modern Greek national identity is a constructed one and Greek nationwhich is a mixture of different Balkan Orthodox people such as Slavs, Albanians,Macedonians and Bulgars. Greek Nation was built within the Ottoman Millet system by thehelp of the European Philhellenes and Greek intellectuals. This assumption is based onFallmayer theory which suggests that ancient Greeks had disappeared completely and themodern Greeks were merely descendants of Slavs and Albanians.Keywords: Modern Greek enlightenment, Greek Nationalism, Ottoman millet system,theories of nationalism.