by
Behlul (Behlul) Ozkan (Ozkan)
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
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...