Reha Oğuz Türkkan Explained

Reha Oğuz Türkkan
Birth Date:12 October 1920
Birth Place:Istanbul
Death Date:18 January 2010
Citizenship:Turkish
Education:Lawyer
Alma Mater:Ankara University
Occupation:Writer, journalist
Movement:Pan-Turkism

Reha Oğuz Türkkan (born 12 October 1920,[1] Istanbul - died 18 January 2010)[2] was Turkish academic, journalist and a leading ideologue of Turkish nationalism.[3] During his lifetime he published many books which focused on Turkish nationalism and Pan-Turkism.[4] He was the grandnephew of Fakhri Pasha.[5]

Early life and education

He studied Law at the Ankara University and following his graduation, he worked at the Ministry of Justice.

Publishing

He began to publish the outlet Ergenekon on the 10 November 1938. The Ergenekon appeared only a few times, but it was an influential outlet for Pan-Turkism as it depicted a Bozkurt (the Grey Wolf) on every front-page as well as the slogans "The Turkish race above everything" or "The Turkish race above every other race".[6] He was a fierce opponent of a fascist or communist ideology and claimed that the first country founded by race was Turkey and that it was not Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler. He also published two other Pan-Turkist magazines called the Bozkurt (1939) and the Gök Börü (1942). In those magazines he attempted to prove that the Turkish race was superior to other races due to the physical qualities and the historical accomplishments of the Turks.[7]

Views

He was in constant rivalry with Nihal Atsiz in defining the racial purity of Turkishness. Whereas Atsiz was more tolerant, Türkkan demanded a Turkish lineage of 9 generations.[8] Nevertheless, he was convinced of the Turkish origin of the Native Americans and in 1999 he even wrote the book ‘Kızılderililer ve Türkler‘ (Native Americans and Turks) which focused on the subject.[9] He led a group of racists who referred to themselves as the Bozkurtçu (In memory of the Grey Wolf) in the 1940s and was prosecuted but acquitted in the Racism Turanism trial.[10] He defined Pan-Turkism as Turkish nationalism and as a vehicle for the establishment of a "national union" for all the Turkic people between Bulgaria to the Altai mountain range which then would strengthen Turkey as well.[11]

Personal life

He was the father of four children and was married twice. He died in January 2010 and was buried in the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

Works

Novels

Magazines

Movies (production, direction and script)

References

  1. Web site: Reha Oğuz TÜRKKAN. 2020-10-05. www.turkocaklari.org.tr. en.
  2. Web site: Reha Oğuz Türkkan. 2020-10-07. www.biyografya.com. en.
  3. Book: Landau, Jacob M.. Pan-Turkism: From Irredentism to Cooperation. 1995. Hurst. 978-1-85065-269-4. 96–97. en.
  4. Web site: Türkkan, Reha Oğuz. 7 October 2020. Worldcat.
  5. Web site: Reha Oğuz Türkkan: Gelecekbilimci, Türkolog, Psikolog, Tarihçi, Yazar.
  6. Landau, Jacob M. (1995).pp.88–89
  7. Web site: The Construction of Nationalist Politics in Turkey: The MHP, 1965-1980. 42.
  8. The Racist Critics of Atatürk and Kemalism, from the 1930s to the 1960s, Ilker Aytürk (Bilkent University, Ankara), Journal of Contemporary History, SAGE Pub., 2011 https://www.academia.edu/2393081/The_Racist_Critics_of_Atat%C3%BCrk_and_Kemalism_from_the_1930s_to_the_1960s
  9. Web site: 2011-07-13. The Turkish Apaches mysteries part 2. 2020-10-07. Mashallah News. en-US.
  10. Web site: Limoncuoglu. Alihan. March 2015. The evolution of Turkish nationalism between 1904 and 1980. 106.
  11. Landau, Jacob M. (1995), p.119
  12. Book: Kolay ve İyi Öğrenme Teknikleri. Alfa Yayınevi. 1996. 9789758052462. İstanbul. 333-336.

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