Iako se dvije ideološke fakcije u Turskoj, vjerski konzervativci i kemalisti, često sukobljavaju oko različitih tumačenja sekularizma, tokom vremena su oni razvili bliske stavove po pitanju turskog nacionalizma.
Although Turkey's two ideological factions, the religious conservatives and the Kemalists, have often clashed over differing interpretations of secularism, over time they have developed convergent views on Turkish nationalism.