Idealism or Goalism ( tr, Ülkücülük, Ülkücü düşünce) is the name of

Alparslan Türkeş Alparslan Türkeş (; 25 November 1917 – 4 April 1997) was a Turkish politician, who was the founder and president of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Grey Wolves ''(Ülkü Ocakları)''. He represented the far-right of the Turkish ...

and the

Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party (alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party; tr, Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP) is a Turkish far-right and ultranationalist political party. The group is often described as neo-fascist, and has been ...

lines, as a principle of the

Nine Lights Doctrine The Nine Lights Doctrine refers to an ideology introduced by Alparslan Türkeş, Alparslan Turkeş, the founder of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) of Turkey. Precepts Each of the lights is presented as a precept "good-for-everybody". The ...

Origin

The origins of the name go back to the terms "''millî mefkure (ülkü)''" used by

Ziya Gökalp Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ("cel ...

and "''millî ülkü''" used by

Nihal Atsız Hüseyin Nihâl Atsız ( ota, حسين نيهال آتسز; January 12, 1905 – December 11, 1975) was a prominent Turkish ultranationalist writer, novelist, and poet. Nihâl Atsız self-identified as a racist, Pan-Turkist and Turanist. He w ...

and Pan-Turkists. 1950–1953 it was used by Turkish Nationalists Association during its years. ''Ülkü'' means "ideal" in terms of the word meaning. ''Ülkücülük'' is the equivalent of "idealism". On 3 May 1944, a large group protested the prosecution of Nihal Atsız in Istanbul as well as in Ankara and his friends marched from the Ankara courthouse to

Ulus square Ulus Square ( tr, Ulus Meydanı) is a square in Ankara, Turkey. "''Ulus''" is the Turkish word for "Nation". Geography The square is actually a crossroad of four streets at about . The boulevard to south is Atatürk Boulevard and the street to ...

. Although the Turkism movement was a national policy in the state levels during the time of Atatürk, it begins with this event that it became a mass idea.

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{{Turkic topics Political ideologies Political movements in Turkey Nationalist Movement Party

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