The Transformation of Turkey
Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2011
320 pages
978-0-85771-968-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1923, the Modern Turkish Republic rose from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, proclaiming a new era in the Middle East. However, many of the contemporary issues affecting Turkish state and society today have their roots not only in the in the history of the republic, but in the historical and political memory of the state's imperial history. Here Fatma Muge Gocek draws on Turkey's Ottoman heritage and history to explore current issues of ethnicity and religion alongside Turkey's international position. This new perspective on history's influence on contemporary tensions in Turkey will contribute to the ongoing debate surrounding Turkey's accession to the EU, and offers insight into the social transformations in the transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Nation-State. This analysis will be vital to those involved in the study of the Middle East Imperial History and Turkey's relations with the West.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
2,97 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85771-968-3 (9780857719683)
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The Transformation of Turkey
Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era
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Fatma Muge Gocek is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Programme in Women's Studies, University of Michigan. She is the co-editor of 'A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire' (2010) and editor of 'Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East' (2002).
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Surveying Contemporary Turkey: A Country of Social Tensions Rooted in the Past
Chapter 2: Ottoman Origins of the Armenian, Greek and Kurdish Challenges to Turkish Foreign Policy
Chapter 3: The Legacy of the Young Turk Revolution in Contemporary Turkish Politics
Chapter 4: Why is There Still a Sevres Syndrome? An Analysis of Turkey's Uneasy Association with the West
Chapter 5: Silences in the Turkish Republican Past: An Analysis of Contemporary Turkish-Armenian Literature
Chapter 6: Remembering the Past: How to Commemorate 24 April 1915
Chapter 7: In Search of Just Turks in the Collective Violence Committed against the Armenians
Chapter 1: Surveying Contemporary Turkey: A Country of Social Tensions Rooted in the Past
Chapter 2: Ottoman Origins of the Armenian, Greek and Kurdish Challenges to Turkish Foreign Policy
Chapter 3: The Legacy of the Young Turk Revolution in Contemporary Turkish Politics
Chapter 4: Why is There Still a Sevres Syndrome? An Analysis of Turkey's Uneasy Association with the West
Chapter 5: Silences in the Turkish Republican Past: An Analysis of Contemporary Turkish-Armenian Literature
Chapter 6: Remembering the Past: How to Commemorate 24 April 1915
Chapter 7: In Search of Just Turks in the Collective Violence Committed against the Armenians
