PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEMS OF TURKISH THOUGHT; 1- Method; 2- Fundamentals of the State Idea; 2.1- Existence; 2.2- Order; 2.3- The Ruler; 2.3.1- War; 2.3.2- Wisdom; CHAPTER II: THE CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE; 1-God; 2- The Heavens and the Earth; 3- Human Being; 4- The Soul; 5-The State; 6- The Structure of Religion; CHAPTER III: THE MODEL OF A WORLD STATE: The Myth of Oğuz Khan; CHAPTER IV: THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE STATE: The Orhon Inscriptions; 1- Order; 2- Address to the People; CHAPTER V: THE WISE RULER: Kutadgu Bilig; 1- Wisdom; 2- The State and the Ruler; 2.1- Order; 2.2- The State; 2.3- The Ruler; 3- Critiques of Zahit; 4- The Commander; 5- The People; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.