Transformation of Turkey : Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era.
Title:
Transformation of Turkey : Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era.
Author:
Gocek, Fatma Muge.
ISBN:
9780857719683
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (319 pages)
Series:
Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction. Turkish Transformation: From Empire to Republic - and Back? -- 1. Surveying Contemporary Turkey: A Country of Social Tensions Rooted in the Past -- 2. Ottoman Origins of the Armenian, Greek and Kurdish Challenges to Turkish Foreign Policy -- 3. The Legacy of the Young Turk Revolution in Contemporary Turksih Politics -- 4. Why is There Still a 'Sevres Syndrome'? An Analysis of Turkey's Uneasy Association with the West -- 5. Silences in the Turkish Republican Past: An Analysis of Contemporary Turkish-Armenian Literature -- 6. Remembering the Past: How to Commemorate 24 April 1915 -- 7. In Search of Just Turks in the Collective Violence Committed Against the Armenians -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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 Müge Göçek 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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