NIYAZI BERKES’ CRITICISM OF NAMIK KEMAL WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HIS VIEW CONCERNING TURKISH MODERNIZATION - N YAZ BERKES’ N TüRK MODERNLE MES NE BAKI INDA NAMIK KEMAL’E Y NEL K ELE T R S

This study investigates the sociological causes of modernization movements that remain inconlusive, emerged in the Ottoman State between the 18th and 20th centuries. The scope of the study first analyzes Niyazi Berkes’ modernization approach; followed by Berkes’ criticisms on the 19th century scholar Nam k Kemal and his views on Turkish modernization. Herewith, Nam k Kemal was criticized by Berkes as a representative of “wrong Westernization” politics. zetBu makale, Osmanl Devletinde 18 ve 20. yüzy llar aras ndaki modernle me hare- ketinin mparatorlu u küntüden kurtaramay n n sosyolojik nedenlerini saptamaya d nük bir al man n sonucudur. al ma kapsam nda, birinci olarak 20. yüzy lda Türk modernle mesine y nelik tarihsel ve kuramsal incelemeler yapm olan Niyazi Berkes’in modernle me yakla m zümlenmi ve ikinci olarak bu zümleme kapsam nda Berkes’in Türk modernle mesinin 19. yüzy ldaki ncü isimlerinden Nam k Kemal’e y nelik ele tirile- rine yer verilmi tir. Sonu olarak Berkes’in Nam k Kemal’i Osmanl devletindeki “yanl Bat l la ma” siyasetinin karakteristik bir temsilcisi olarak ele tirdi i g rülmü tür.