Issues of intercultural dialogue and national identity in modern Turkey

Abstract

At the present stage, when all the humanity faces new threats and challenges and there occur the irreversible processes of globali­zation,the preservation of national identity has become an issue of great importanceespecially on the background of intensive cultural andreligious dialogue between civilizations.

Georgia is a country located on the crossroads of civilizations. Representatives of different religions (Muslims, Christians, Gregorian and Jews) live side by side there. Its neighbors are Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia. No peace is possible without a dialogue between cultures and civilizations and these two important factors lead to the major outcome of what is called the Union of Civilizations. In this regard, wefocus our interest to the issues of intercultural dialogue in the political life ofMmodern Turkey.

The events occurred on 15 July 2016 in our neighboring Turkey, a failed state coup attempt, have attracted the attention of the whole world. Naturally, these events were particularly importantfor Georgia and had an inevitable impact on it.