Lotz, Neslisah L. Basaran2024-06-232024-06-23202401944-89531944-8961https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2024.2311951https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5764In this article, I examine the Turkish bourgeoisie of the 1920s, focusing on the ship-owning families as a part of the Turkish bourgeoisie that clearly benefited from the formation of the nation-state and the "national economy" policies of the Ankara government. Focusing on the relationship between the economic development of this class and the formation of a Turkish nation-state, I try to show how this class, which has its roots in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, enriched and empowered itself by taking advantage of this nation-state formation process and the prevailing ideology of Turkish nationalism.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess[No Keyword Available]ArticleWOS:00115976620000110.1080/19448953.2024.23119512-s2.0-85184908839Q2Q1