TY - JOUR
T1 - The young turk historical imagination in the pursuit of mythical Turkishness and its lost grandeur (1911-1914)
AU - Kurt, Umit
AU - Gurpinar, Dogan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Based on a comprehensive reading of the 1912-1914 issues of the journal Turkish Homeland, the highbrow intellectualist periodical of the Turkist intellectuals and the ruling Committee of Union and Progress, this article argues that sublime Turkishness envisaged by the Young Turks can be construed as a character build-up. The article also examines how history was utilized as an arsenal from where the sublime ‘Turkish character’ was extracted in a decade in which interest towards Turkic history burgeoned, arguing that valiant Turkic heroes from the glorious Turkic past were discovered or rediscovered to stand out as exemplary men and epitomes of incorruptibleness inspiring the new youth.
AB - Based on a comprehensive reading of the 1912-1914 issues of the journal Turkish Homeland, the highbrow intellectualist periodical of the Turkist intellectuals and the ruling Committee of Union and Progress, this article argues that sublime Turkishness envisaged by the Young Turks can be construed as a character build-up. The article also examines how history was utilized as an arsenal from where the sublime ‘Turkish character’ was extracted in a decade in which interest towards Turkic history burgeoned, arguing that valiant Turkic heroes from the glorious Turkic past were discovered or rediscovered to stand out as exemplary men and epitomes of incorruptibleness inspiring the new youth.
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U2 - 10.1080/13530194.2016.1139443
DO - 10.1080/13530194.2016.1139443
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84958044454
SN - 1353-0194
VL - 43
SP - 560
EP - 574
JO - British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
JF - British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
IS - 4
ER -