Ulusalism

Ulusalism (Turkish: Ulusalcılık[a]) is a secularist (laik), left-wing neo-nationalist ideology in Turkey that is influenced by Kemalism.

[1][2][3] In the mid-1990s, it transformed into a ideology led by left-wing nationalists, such as Attila İlhan, Mümtaz Soysal, and Doğu Perinçek.

According to Doğan Gürpınar, the theories are mostly popular among upper-middle-class secular Turks; however, he notes that there is a lack of definitive research on this area.

In a different view, CHP İzmir MP and former ECtHR judge Rıza Türmen considered Ulusalism as a kind of "extreme Kemalist nationalism" and said that one cannot be both a Ulusalist and a leftist.

[8] AK Party Deputy Chairman Hüseyin Çelik said of the students who protested against Erdoğan at METU in 2012, "They are incorrigible Ulusalists.