Sve do 1990-tih, turske vlade su jedna za drugom bile usko usmjerene s ideologijom inspiriranom od strane osnivača zemlje, Mustafe Kemala Ataturka, koji je bio presjekao sve veze s osmanlijskom prošlošću.
Up until the 1990s, successive Turkish governments remained tightly wedded to an ideology inspired by the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who had severed all links with the Ottoman past.