| Abstract | The article examines the political implications of the use of the Ottoman view of pluralism to curb the demands of various social identities in Turkey in the 1990s. It aims to show how the idea of Ottoman pluralism, which entails the peaceful coexistence of different ethnoreligious and cultural groups under a political community, was constructed as part of neo-Ottomanism combining the traditional Ottoman form of pluralism with the modern liberal multiculturalism and how this model was used to formulate a common, superior identity that encompasses all citizens within a religious-ethnic affiliation.
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