From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Modern, 20th Century
Cover of the book From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey by Behlul (Behlul) Ozkan (Ozkan), Yale University Press
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Author: Behlul (Behlul) Ozkan (Ozkan) ISBN: 9780300183511
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: June 26, 2012
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Behlul (Behlul) Ozkan (Ozkan)
ISBN: 9780300183511
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: June 26, 2012
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English

How does a people move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? This book examines the complex and pivotal case of Turkey. Tracing the shifting valences of vatan (Arabic for “birthplace” or “homeland”) from the Ottoman period—when it signified a certain territorial integrity and imperial ideology—through its acquisition of religious undertones and its evolution alongside the concept of millet (nation), Behlül Özkan engages readers in the fascinating ontology of Turkey's protean imagining of its nationhood and the construction of a modern national-territorial consciousness.

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How does a people move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? This book examines the complex and pivotal case of Turkey. Tracing the shifting valences of vatan (Arabic for “birthplace” or “homeland”) from the Ottoman period—when it signified a certain territorial integrity and imperial ideology—through its acquisition of religious undertones and its evolution alongside the concept of millet (nation), Behlül Özkan engages readers in the fascinating ontology of Turkey's protean imagining of its nationhood and the construction of a modern national-territorial consciousness.

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