Is Turkey a individualistic country or a collectivistic? No culture or country is exclusively individualistic or collectivistic. Turkey though until now was more of a collectivistic country. Their family is very important to them and they always think about the people who are close to them. For example if someone is going to make a decision for himself he would first think about his family and then his own concern. In Turkey health comes first, second comes family and third your own pleasure. As a country they are very proud of their ethnicity and they always move forward as a group.
The cecular policies of Ataturk, however took away from the collective Turkish identity. His policy was that there should be no religion which changed the Turkish identity forever. People were united with their belief in Islam but now they began to separate.This period was followed by a period of economic expansion, industrialization of business and other individualistic ideals. Turkey is well known for its business and Turks in general are very good business people. Turkey is rapidly changing from being a collectivistic country to a individualistic one due to their expansion and their development.
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