At its core, this process is about redefining the secular, unitary state created in 1923. Everyone in the new republic who was not explicitly defined as a member of an officially recognized minority was supposed to merge into a new Turkish identity.
对土耳其最重要的是进行中的其与本国库尔德人的和平进程。本质上，这一进程事关重新定义1923年成立的世俗、统一的土耳其。在这个新共和国中，每一个没有被明确定义为官方认可的少数民族成员的人，都应该归为新的土耳其身份。