Formation of the Turkish Nation-State, 1920–1938 [electronic resource] /
Bayar, Yeşim.author.
This book is a historical sociological examination of the formulation and institutionalization of Turkish nationhood during the early Republic (1920-1938). Focusing on the language, education, and citizenship policies advanced during the period, it looks at how the Republican elite situated different ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.
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Cover; Formation of the Turkish Nation-State, 1920-1938; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Elements of Turkish Nation-Building; Theories of Nationalism and the Turkish Case; Chapter Outlines; Chapter 2: The Ottoman Empire and the Road to the Republic ; Society and Polity under the Ottomans; Reform Attempts and Ottoman "Citizenship"; From Ottomanism to Islamism; In Pursuit of Saving the Empire: Ideological Debates and the Rise of the Young Turks; Who Were the Young Turks?; Politics in Theory and Politics in Action; Who Were the Republican Political Elite?
Chapter 3: The Politics of Language and Building the Nation Language and the Turkish Nation: Religion and Political Legitimation; Nationhood, Place Names and the Muslim Character of the Nation; Language and Political Legitimacy; Linguistic Assimilation and Westernization; Language as a Marker of Belonging, and Imperial Exit; Language Policies and Assimilation; Language and Westernization: The Case of Alphabet Reform; Institutionalization and Heightening of Efforts at Assimilation in the 1930s; The Issue of the Ottoman Heritage and Political Legitimization
Minorities and Belonging through Linguistic AssimilationInstitution-Building and Situating the Nation on the World Map; Chapter 4: The Politics of Education and Building the Nation; National Unity, Religion and Education; The Issue of Agency: State versus Private?; The Issue of Content: Religious versus Scientific Education; Unifying Minds, Assimilation and Laicism; Education, Assimilation and Nationhood; Education and Laicism; Nationalist Ideology and Educating the Citizenry; The RPP and the Ideological Basis of Education; Remolding the Past: History Writing and Nationhood
Chapter 5: The Politics of Citizenship and Building the NationFormulating the Rules of Belonging: Non-Muslim Minorities and Muslim Citizens; Defining Minorities: The Lausanne Conference; Power, Status Reversals and Non-Muslim Minorities; Rules of Belonging and Muslim Groups; Citizenship, Assimilation and Westernization; Formal Definitions of Belonging: Citizenship and Turkishness by Law; Citizenship and Turkishness in Practice; Shaping the Citizenry: Looking Western and Living Secular; Turkishness, Minorities and Citizenship in the 1930s; Immigration and Assimilation
Non-Turkish Groups: Assimilationist and Differentialist OutlooksRace/Ethnicity and the Pursuit of Homogeneity through Assimilation; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Appendix: Selected Biographies; Notes; 1 Introduction; 2 The Ottoman Empire and the Roadto the Republic; 3 The Politics of Language and Building the Nation; 4 The Politics of Education and Building the Nation; 5 The Politics of Citizenship and Building the Nation; 6 Conclusion; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is a historical sociological examination of the formulation and institutionalization of Turkish nationhood during the early Republic (1920-1938). Focusing on the language, education, and citizenship policies advanced during the period, it looks at how the Republican elite situated different ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.
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Political sociology.
Middle East-History.
Political science.
Ethnicity.
Middle Eastern Politics.
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Ethnicity Studies.