This study argues that there are two prominent Eurasianist discourses in Turkey, the Kemalist and the Ottomanist. These traditions draw on three geopolitical traditions: the nationalist, the socialist, and the Islamist. The contents of three representative journals are analyzed in order to seek answers to three main questions. First, what distinguishes these three types of geopolitical traditions? Second, did the nationalist and socialist views in recent years converge on each other, thereby forming the Ulusalc view, while the Islamists became the opposing pole? Third, if yes, why did this...
This study argues that there are two prominent Eurasianist discourses in Turkey, the Kemalist and the Ottomanist. These traditions draw on three geopo...