@article{2018,title={HOMELAND CONCEPT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HOMELAND FOR THE TURKISH NATION},abstractNode={Throughout history homeland was used as an important concept by all the nations. In this context some nations attributed a religious meaning to nation while some others used it as a nationalistic term. Turkish nation perceived the homeland concept in a different way than the other countries and assigned both religious and national elements to homeland and identified it with the concept of honour. In this work Homeland Concept in İslam, Homeland Concept During the Ottoman Period, Importance of Homeland for the Turkish Nation, Homeland Concept of Ziya Gökalp and Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Homeland Concept of Atatürk and the Extermination Endeavours of Patriotism and Homeland Concept were discussed under the different headlines and especially the importance of homeland concept for Turks and assigned meanings to this concept and the changes in the perceptions of homeland concept were also examined.},author={Ömer Lütfi TAŞCIOĞLU},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}