Rus Kaynakların Işığında Slavseverlik ve Politik İz Düşümü Panslavizm
Slavophilia in the Light of Russian Sources and its Political Projection: Panslavism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of European reforms of Peter the 1st is to establish a big state by substantially imposing European culture on Russia. While these reforms were adopted voluntarily or involuntarily by the one side of the Russian society, they also created an opposite stance among the rest of the society and the reforms led to a turn to the core of it. The name of this stance stem from the self–reflection of the one side of the society opposing the reforms is Slavophilia. The Slavyanofils defining the inside the home, that is the historical mission of Russia, its presence and duties with Russian national values against European values developed a worldview for the Slavs living outside Russia called Pan Slavism. Although Russian Pan Slavism provides a role compatible with the Russian foreign policies, the perception of Slavs living outside Russia to the Pan Slavism is both older and theoretically different from Russia. While these differences separated Russian and Balkan Pan Slavists each other with the respect of the changing conjuncture, these differences could be ignored temporarily in time of having common interests.

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