Abstract:

Humanism has been an abiding tradition in Turkish culture from the earliest times until the present day. Before settling in Anatolia and conversion to islam , Turks had already acquired humanistic attitudes as a result of the vicissitudes they experienced in long periods of exodus and brief sojourns - -changes of locale, shifting cultural orientation, new religious affiliations, warfare against many nations and communities, struggle for survival in the face of natural disasters -ali of which created a sense of life's impermaneney as well as the eoneept of the human element withstanding the ravages of a hostile world. Contact with diverse peoples gave the Turks a faculty for easy intercourse based on latitudinarian views. Cataclysmic social and cultural changes instilled in them a sense of confidence in the human value rather than reliance on institutions.  

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