Liberalism and Evaluation of Liberalism in Terms ofNationalism

Abstract

The development course of liberalism, which has basic arguments such as individualism, free market, limited state, has been different in the world and in Turkish political life. Liberalism, which emerged against the absolutist regimes as a product of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, was imported mostly with modernization movements in the Ottoman Empire. Although it is said that liberalism was excluded in the first years of the Republic, it was seen that it was tried to be implemented until 1929. II. After the World War II, the DP came to power with a liberal discourse and the EP continued this line. The golden age of liberalism in the world and in the history of the Republic of Turkey was the globalist neoliberal period that began in the late 1970s. ANAP-LDP and AK Parti until 2010 implemented liberal policies. In the study, after the historical development of liberalism in the world and in Turkish political life, it was desired to seek an answer to the question of how nationalistic liberalism is. For this, some main focal points (society, nation, etc.) were pointed out and the viewpoints of both ideologies on these points were examined. After examining these focal points, the relationship between the two ideologies was directly focused. In the study, the subject of liberal nationalism, which is a sub-form of nationalism, and its basic values are discussed. At the end of this process, which was taken to find an answer to the question of the study, it was revealed that although liberalism has a limited common point with nationalism, it is not actually a nationalist ideology. In addition, there has been a belief that liberal nationalism is not very applicable in real life.