Nejdet Sançar


Ahmet Nejdet Sançar was a Turkish literature teacher, who became one of the prominent personalities of the Pan-Turkist ideology. He was the younger brother of another notable Turkish nationalist, Nihâl Atsız.

Politics

The two brothers had strong similarities in many ways. They were both literature teachers and they were defending the same political ideology. Just like his brother, he was tried during the Türkçülük Davası and he faced torture. The trial was a state reaction to the growing power of the nationalist front in the country because the nationalists were against the policies of the second president of Turkey, İsmet İnönü. In the end, Sançar wasn't found guilty and he was acquitted. He kept his extreme right-wing ideas until his death.

Literature

Sançar's numerous articles were published in nationalist magazines. Also, he wrote five books which are Türklük Sevgisi, Irkımızın Kahramanları, Tarihte Türk-İtalyan Savaşları, Afşın'a Mektuplar and İsmet İnönü İle Hesaplaşma.

Death

Nejdet Sançar died on February 22, 1975 while he was working on an expanded version of his book Tarihte Türk-İtalyan Savaşları. Not even a year later, his brother died because of a heart attack. The deaths of the brothers caused a gap in the Pan-Turkist front.

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