Modernization of Japan and Kemalist modernization
İsmet Giritli
Keywords: Japan, Modernization, Meijii Period, Turkey, Atatürk, Kemalism
Abstract
The main factor in Japan's modernization move in the Meiji Period, which began in 1868, is the desire to understand the superiority of Western technology and to close the gap as quickly as possible, as in Turkey; in other words, "nationalism", which puts national interests at the forefront.