Anyone working on Turkey is familiar with the acclaimed Dutch historian Erik J. Zürcher, one of the world’s great writers on Ottoman and Turkish history. Zürcher made his mark as the founder of Turkish Stud...Anyone working on Turkey is familiar with the acclaimed Dutch historian Erik J. Zürcher, one of the world’s great writers on Ottoman and Turkish history. Zürcher made his mark as the founder of Turkish Studies in The Netherlands.展开更多
The article shows how the'New Turkey'(Yeni Türkiye), indeed a concept used widely since 2010 by the ruling Justice and Development Party(Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP), is trying to (re) construct a new...The article shows how the'New Turkey'(Yeni Türkiye), indeed a concept used widely since 2010 by the ruling Justice and Development Party(Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP), is trying to (re) construct a new Turkish identity and (re) invent the Turkish nation. Despite the different perspectives on the issue, the article argues that this process during the AKP rule is taking place through the dominant paradigm for nearly a century, and in particular that of Kemalism. It is further argued that, all the elements during the Kemalist period are reappropriated in order to promote and reconstruct an imagined Turkish community anew and establish a new Turkish state tradition.展开更多
文摘Anyone working on Turkey is familiar with the acclaimed Dutch historian Erik J. Zürcher, one of the world’s great writers on Ottoman and Turkish history. Zürcher made his mark as the founder of Turkish Studies in The Netherlands.
文摘The article shows how the'New Turkey'(Yeni Türkiye), indeed a concept used widely since 2010 by the ruling Justice and Development Party(Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP), is trying to (re) construct a new Turkish identity and (re) invent the Turkish nation. Despite the different perspectives on the issue, the article argues that this process during the AKP rule is taking place through the dominant paradigm for nearly a century, and in particular that of Kemalism. It is further argued that, all the elements during the Kemalist period are reappropriated in order to promote and reconstruct an imagined Turkish community anew and establish a new Turkish state tradition.
