Özet:

Anatolianism is a result of a process that started with the Balkan Wars and World War I and ended with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in Turkish history. At the end of the process the Ottoman Empire was dispersed and the Turkish national state was established on Anatolia. In this process, the attention of the Turkish intellectuals turned to Anatolia. Turkish intellectuals, on the one hand, prioritized the development of Anatolia, which had been devastated during long war years, economically and socially, and on the other hand, they searched for ways to build a new social identity through this territorial unit in Anatolia. Before Anatolianism, there were three identity politics: Ottomanism, Islamism and Turkism. These three politics have had their own imagination of a nation, homeland and history. Anatolianism, which emerged as a result of on the criticism of the three identity politics, has tried to build a new conception of a nation, homeland and history. The Anatolianists explained their views in the face of these three different understanding of nation, homeland and history. They represented a new understanding of identity based on land and history. Accordingly, the Oghuz Turks acquired a new homeland in Anatolia after the War of Malazgirt. With the influence of this new geography, a new Turkish nation was founded in Anatolia apart from other Turks. The aim of this article is to examine the new conception of nation, homeland and history that Anatolianism intends to build. 

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