Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education

The last century of Ottoman history witnessed the discussion between Ottoman intellectuals about Turkish modernization. One of the foremost intellectuals is Namık Kemal being famous with the fame ‘nation and liberty’. He had an impact on century using the modern era concepts like nation, liberty, eq...

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Main Author: Mithat AYDIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2017-01-01
Series:Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/460
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description The last century of Ottoman history witnessed the discussion between Ottoman intellectuals about Turkish modernization. One of the foremost intellectuals is Namık Kemal being famous with the fame ‘nation and liberty’. He had an impact on century using the modern era concepts like nation, liberty, equality, popular sovereignty, parliamentary system. He was deal with all these concepts and values in the civilization circle. According to him, civilization is the common set of values that mankind reaches at science, practice, thought, law, industry and administration. The Western World being forward at civilization is powerful to lead other parts of world. The development of Ottoman which has a part on Europe was possible when the western civilization was realized and comprehended. The development means ‘to protect and reconstruct’ can start and continue only with education. This study deals with Kemal’s thought about development and education and comparison of person, society and government order between Ottoman and Western civilization. The Kemal’s thoughts in this study were evaluated making use of his essays in newspapers like İbret, Hürriyet, Hadika and Diogenes.
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spelling doaj.art-c848919b2f9447c59c936b3c7dcaec4f2023-12-02T22:44:50ZengAnkara UniversityAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi2459-01502017-01-01532508Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and EducationMithat AYDIN0Pamukkale Üniversitesi. maydin@pau.edu.trThe last century of Ottoman history witnessed the discussion between Ottoman intellectuals about Turkish modernization. One of the foremost intellectuals is Namık Kemal being famous with the fame ‘nation and liberty’. He had an impact on century using the modern era concepts like nation, liberty, equality, popular sovereignty, parliamentary system. He was deal with all these concepts and values in the civilization circle. According to him, civilization is the common set of values that mankind reaches at science, practice, thought, law, industry and administration. The Western World being forward at civilization is powerful to lead other parts of world. The development of Ottoman which has a part on Europe was possible when the western civilization was realized and comprehended. The development means ‘to protect and reconstruct’ can start and continue only with education. This study deals with Kemal’s thought about development and education and comparison of person, society and government order between Ottoman and Western civilization. The Kemal’s thoughts in this study were evaluated making use of his essays in newspapers like İbret, Hürriyet, Hadika and Diogenes.http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/460Namık KemalMaarif NizamnamesiTerakkiİstikbalİbretDiyojenMedeniyetMaarif
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Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
Namık Kemal
Maarif Nizamnamesi
Terakki
İstikbal
İbret
Diyojen
Medeniyet
Maarif
title Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education
title_full Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education
title_fullStr Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education
title_full_unstemmed Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education
title_short Namık Kemal’s Idea of Progress and Education
title_sort namik kemal s idea of progress and education
topic Namık Kemal
Maarif Nizamnamesi
Terakki
İstikbal
İbret
Diyojen
Medeniyet
Maarif
url http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/460
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