The Myth of the Military-Nation
Subtitle: Militarism, Gender, and Education in Turkey
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 18, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781403962812
Subjects: International relations; Military life & institutions; Political control & freedoms; Political science & theory; Turkey; Middle East - General; Education; Political Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Militarism; International Relations - General; Women's Studies - General; History : Middle East - General; Political Science : International Relations - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Eastern Europe - General; History & Theory - General; Civil-military relations
First sentence: As the utterances of Turkey's legendary leader, most famous historian, and the most celebrated (and remembered) Minister of Education make clear, the idea that the Turkish nation is a military-nation (ordu-millet or asker-ulus) is one of the foundational myths of Turkish nationalism.