Looking at the Policies of National Identity Construction in the Democratic Party Era

Abstract

Identity is a concept that describes the characteristics of an individual. Nations, as well as individuals, have identities. When the ruling parties accede, they try to build a national identity in line with their own views and identities of nations are tried to be shaped by governments. When the Democratic Party came to power, it tried to build an identity within its own views and organized its educational and social activities within this framework. The aim of this study is to reveal what kind of identity was tried to be built by examining the educational and social activities during the Democratic Party era. In the study, the important educational and social activities of the period were examined, and the necessary literature was scanned. In this context, it is evaluated that they tried to build an identity that was respectful to religious values, conservative and familiar with Western culture.