The liberal-conservative forms of nationalism seem more moderate than others. They try to add modernity and democracy to Turkish and Islamic elements of nationalist ideology. The question of modernization, the main element in the historical context of nationalism, is also added into the goal of rescuing and keeping the state. The synthesis that Ziya Gökalp sought to establish among Turk, Islam and Modernity is also the beginning of works in this direction. Yusuf Akçura, who proposes Turkism as a liberation force against Ottomanism and Islamism in his work titled ‘Three Types of Policy’, can also be mentioned as one of the liberal nationalists. Ali Fuad Başgil also defended nationalism based on liberal and conservative values. Other important names that may be mentioned in this context are Mümtaz Turhan and Erol Güngör.