Glorification of the past as a political tool: Ottoman history in contemporary Turkish politics

Umut Uzer

doi:10.1080/21520844.2018.1539063

Glorification of the past as a political tool: Ottoman history in contemporary Turkish politics

Umut Uzer^*

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Araştırma sonucu: Dergiye katkı › Makale › bilirkişi

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Özet

Turkey’s radical transformation of state and society under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s republican rule (1923-1938) has been subject to a gradual revision under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government since 2002. The creation of a new state identity has been buttressed with Islamic and Ottoman discourses, which entail a reinterpretation of Ottoman history. This study analyzes the changes in modern Turkey in the last sixteen years within the context of the use of the Ottoman past in the formation of a new national identity by the AKP government.

Orijinal dil	İngilizce
Sayfa (başlangıç-bitiş)	339-357
Sayfa sayısı	19
Dergi	Journal of the Middle East and Africa
Hacim	9
Basın numarası	4
DOI'lar	https://doi.org/10.1080/21520844.2018.1539063
Yayın durumu	Yayınlandı - 2 Eki 2018

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© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Finansman

The author was a recipient of a 2017 ASMEA Research Grant and ITU BAP Project Code [SGA-2017-40628].

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ITU BAP	SGA-2017-40628

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10.1080/21520844.2018.1539063

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Glorification of the past as a political tool: Ottoman history in contemporary Turkish politics

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