Anatolianism as a concept of geo-philosophy in Hilmi Ziya Ülken: The place in the history of Turkish thought

The study examines the concept of Anatolianism in terms of geo-philosophy by focusing on Hilmi Ziya Ülken, the birth and development of the Anatolianism movement, as well as different types of Anatolianism, and the evaluation of geography and thought through the relationship between geography and homeland. In the context of "Re-Homelandizing Philosophy in Anatolia", the relationship between Turkestan and Türkiye is established, and current contributions to the history of Turkish thought are presented based on the founding philosophy of the Republic of Türkiye. The historical foundations of the Three-Style Politics (Ottomanism, Islamism, Turkism) and the founding philosophy of the Republic of Türkiye, the concepts of identity, nation and nationality have been examined, and the meaning that Hilmi Ziya Ülken attributed to Anatolia has been investigated, and how he shaped the Anatolianism movement through Anatolia and his role in the founding philosophy of the Republic of Türkiye has been tried to be revealed. In the thesis, along with Hilmi Ziya Ülken's detailed life story and his contributions to the history of Turkish thought, his understanding of philosophy, the meaning he attributed to Islamic philosophy and his works are revealed, the concept of geo-philosophy is discussed in detail, and information is given about the concepts of nation and nationality and the thought movements of the Second Constitutional Era. How the Anatolianism movement, which is evaluated as a nationalism movement tied to the land, has been shaped over time and how it has continued on its way and how it has been interpreted through the journals published at that time, and the path followed by these journals have been tried to be given by explaining the journals one by one. The theoreticians of the Anatolian movement are also briefly evaluated in this respect. Geo-philosophy and Anatolianism as a concept of geo-philosophy, which constitute the main subject of the thesis, are tried to be examined in this aspect while explaining the Anatolianism movement, and Ülken's effort to realize the Turkish Renaissance through the Turkish epic and his aim of the Turkish Renaissance, which sees Anatolia as the source of Turkish culture, are explained in detail in the thesis. In this study, Hilmi Ziya Ülken, with the valuable role he played in revealing Turkish thought and Turkish thought itself, is explained in detail with a focus on the Anatolianism movement and the concept of geo-philosophy. Key Terms: Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Anatolianism, Turkish Thought, Turkish Renaissance, Turkism Science Code: 60207