When Greeks and Turks Meet
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relationship Since 1923
1st Edition
Published on 28. May 2014
Book
Hardback
342 pages
978-1-4094-4601-9 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between the history, culture and peoples of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus is often reduced to an equation which defines one side in opposition to the other.The reality is much more complex and while there have been and remain significant divisions there are many, and arguably more, areas of overlap, commonality and common interest.This book addresses a gap in the scholarly literature by bringing together specialists from different disciplinary traditions - history, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, literature, ethnomusicology and international relations, so as to examine the relationship between Greeks and Turks, as well as between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, since the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. When Greeks and Turks Meet aims to contribute to current critical and comparative approaches to the study of this complex relationship in order to question essentialist representations, stereotypes and dominant myths and understand the context and ideology of events, processes and experience. Starting from this interdisciplinary perspective and taking both diachronic and synchronic approaches, the book offers a fresh coverage of key themes including memory, history and loss; the politics of identity, language and culture; discourses of inclusion and exclusion. Contributors focus on the geographical areas of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus and on the modern historical period (since 1923) up to the present day, offering in some cases an informed perspective that looks towards the future. When Greeks and Turks Meet will be essential reading for students and researchers working on the cross-roads of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, on South-East Europe and the Middle East more generally. It will also be a valuable resource for students and researchers in inter-cultural communication, cultural and media studies, language and education, international relations and politics, refugee and migration studies, conflict and post-conflict studies.
Reviews / Votes
'... an important text which could be usefully read alongside other 'post-nationalist' histories... Unlike some texts criticising nationalism in former Ottoman lands, When Greeks and Turks Meet does not romanticise the empire as a haven of multicultural peace. Instead it attempts to demonstrate how the nationalist view of relations between the two peoples is a distinctly modern one that neglects a long history of coexistence... it is an accomplished and accessible text that will be useful to students with an interest in Turkey and Greece, as well as to those interested in the study of nationalism.' LSE Review of Books '... a wide ranging and substantial survey of Greek and Turkish contacts, quarrels and mutual perception since the 1923 Lausanne convention on the exchange of population. It is very much an academic book, fully referenced, up to date with recent theoretical work on matters such as identity, self perceptions, stereotypes, discursie spaces, discourses of exclusion, and all the rest.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review '...a very useful contribution to a topic of high scholarly and political significance.' Global Affairs OnlineMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
681 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4094-4601-9 (9781409446019)
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Person
Vally Lytra is Lecturer in Languages in Education, at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is also Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London, and convened the 'Greek Turkish Encounters Lecture Series' from 2003 to 2008. She is the author of Play Frames and Social Identities. Contact Encounters in a Greek Primary School (2007). She has also co-edited Multilingualism and Identities across Contexts: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Turkish-speaking Youth in Europe with Jens Normann JA?rgensen (2008) and Sites of Multilingualism: Complementary Schools in Britain Today with Peter Martin (2010).
Content
Contents: Foreword by Roderick Beaton, Yorgos Dedes and Bengisu Rona; Introduction, Vally Lytra. Part I Rethinking Remembrance and Representation: History, memory and emotion: the long-term significance of the 1923 Greco-Turkish exchange of populations, Renee Hirschon; Situating loss in the Greek-Turkish encounter in Cyprus, Olga Demetriou; Rethinking Greek-Turkish relations: conversations with my Greek and Turkish university students, Hercules Millas; Greeks and Turks meet the Rum: making sense of the sounds of 'old Istanbul', Panagiotis C.Poulos. Part II The Politics of Identity, Language and Culture: Does a Cyprus solution still matter?, James Ker-Lindsay; The good, the bad and the ugly: Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot schoolbooks on the 'history of Cyprus', Yiannis Papadakis; 'Whether you see them as friends or enemies you need to know their language': Turkish language learning in a Greek-Cypriot school, Constadina Charalambous; Greeks' attitudes to Turkish features in their language, Peter Mackridge; Early literature of the Asia Minor disaster and of the War of Independence: where Greek and Turk have yet to meet, Natasha Lemos. Part III Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion Revisited: The Convention of Lausanne (1923): past and current appraisals, Konstantinos Tsitselikis; Incorporating the ecumenical patriarchate into modern Turkey: the legacy of the 1924 patriarchal election, Dimitris Kamouzis; Cultural identity in 'fragile' communities: Greek Orthodox minority media in Turkey, Eylem YanardaAEYoAEYlu; Running the Greek Orthodox schools: law and administration in late Ottoman and republican education in Turkey, AyAYe Ozil; 'Like a bridge over troubled water': reforming the education of Muslim minority children in Greece, Thalia Dragonas and Anna Frangoudaki. Index.