HISTORY OF THE BORN OF THE ISLAMIC STATE SECULAR TURKEY

Abstract

The Islamic civilization which was influenced by Arab and Persian civilizations became a deep legacy for the Turkish people as a legacy of the Ottoman dynasty. The direction of modernization that is oriented to the west directly makes acculturation of western culture look more advanced and modern. The mixing of Turkish, Islamic and western civilizations has colored the identity of the Turkish people which Mustafa Kemal Ataturk considered as an obstacle to Turkey's progress. 1 Mustafa Kemal principally wanted a new civilization that could bring Turkey back to its glory. The change towards secularism is an ironic thing in the life of Turkish society because it has lived in the Islamic world for hundreds of years. This can be explained as something that is forced to accept secularism as a new order in carrying out the life of the nation and state. This problem needs to be analyzed, bearing in mind that Turkey, as an Islamic country that was very victorious in its time, was finally drowned in a touch of secularism. Another question is why Turkey has adopted secularism as a way to save its nation and state. Based on the above, this paper discusses the dialectic of secularism in Turkey and the role of Mustafa Kemal in the Turkish revolution