you see the ottoman people are enemy of turkism or nationalism but they are enemy of kemalism in different level lets go back and remember the 4 nationalist figures after the fall of the otttman empire who created the identity we have today
ziya gökalp rejected islamism and ottomanism infavor of turkism he famousely said nither turkey nor turkistan is our homland, it is the Great Turan that is the homeland of turks. the 3 principle of westernism turkism and islamism was the identity he chose for our people. he made blueprint for turan as he believe that at first the oghuz turks must be reunited in one identity then other turkic such as kazakh and uzbkes should be included.
his followers are known as Turanist
mustafa kemal atatürk's kemalism are based on the 6 arrows Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism. but i will only talk about the nationalism part. according to atatürk all the citizens of turkish republic are considered as turkish regardless of their ethnicity he also believed in self limiting nationalism and reject to rule over other people and imperialism. he famously said turks were greate people even before accepting islam and one day soviet union will fall and we should be ready for it and keep our culture connections to other turkic people strong . atatürk thought were influenced by ziya gökalp.
his followers are know as kemalist or atatürkcu
nihal atsız father of turkism. he is known for his work on Turkish literature and epics. at first tho i thought he is a racist but after carful reading i realized he is more in favor of turkish cultural dominance ( 3 generation of speaking turkish ) than actual bloodties. well know for his
anti islamism he advocate for Tengrism turk's pre-islamic belief. he famously said islam is a religion created by Arabs, for Arabs.
his followers are know as Grey wolves ( bozkurt )
alparslan türkeş founder of MHP the nationalist movement party. his idea of nationalizm are know of Turkish-Islamic synthesis. mix of islam and Turanism. in the famous nationalist congress nihal atsiz warn alparsalan turkiş that the path he walk will open the pandora box and eventually will lead to Arabization of Turkish people.
the followers of alparslan türkeş are known as ülkücü
these were the people who forge our identity and among them all it was kemalism that large potion of the bureaucracy and people followed and it was remain the same until islamist overthrow it and install their ottomanism
