The integration potential of Pan-Turkism ideology
Pan-Turkism is one of the ideological concepts that spread in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of XX century as a response to separatist nationalist movements on the boarders of Empire. It offered the opportunity to establish new national identity among ethnic Turks living in the Minor and Central Asia. During the XX century the Pan-Turkism ideology transformed from the concept based on the idealistic national views of the Turkish intellectuals into a pragmatic doctrine legitimizing both internal and foreign political and economic processes. Today Pan-Turkism is a form of social integration based on ideological views of its adepts, and as a part of social processes it has roots in social movements existing in Turkish society. The goal of this research is to identify key factors of Pan-Turkism's development in modern Turkish society and its integration potential.