Turkish Kaleidoscope
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Turkish Kaleidoscope

Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence

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Turkish Kaleidoscope

Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence

About this book

A powerful graphic novel that traces Turkey's descent into political violence in the 1970s through the experiences of four students on opposing sides of the conflict

Turkish Kaleidoscope tells the stories of four unforgettable protagonists as they navigate a society torn apart by violent political factions. It is 1975 and Turkey is on the verge of civil war. Faruk and Orhan are from conservative shopkeeping families in eastern Anatolia that share a sense of new possibilities. Nuray is the daughter of villagers who have migrated to the provincial city where Yunus, the son of an imprisoned teacher, was raised in genteel poverty. While attending medical school in Ankara, Faruk draws a reluctant Orhan into a right-wing nationalist group while Nuray and Yunus join the left. Against a backdrop of escalating violence, the four students fall in love, have their hearts broken, get married, raise families, and struggle to get on with their lives. But the consequences of their decisions will follow them through their lives as their children begin the story anew, skewed through the kaleidoscope of historical events.

Inspired by Jenny White's own experiences as a student in Turkey during this tumultuous period as well as original oral histories of Turks who lived through it, Turkish Kaleidoscope reveals how violent factionalism has its own emotional and cultural logic that defies ideological explanations.

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Information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780691205199
eBook ISBN
9780691215495
Topic
History
Subtopic
Middle Eastern History
Index
History
10
iterations, 
countless 
hours 
of 
mulling 
over 
words 
and 
images, 
and 
always 
a 
concern 
to 
be 
faithful 
to 
the 
original 
telling.
This 
book 
doesn’t 
give 
an 
ideological 
or 
event-driven 
analysis 
but 
rather 
asks 
more 
universal 
questions 
about 
what 
causes 
people 
to 
sacrice 
their 
lives, 
health, 
and 
sometimes 
families 
for 
a 
cause 
or 
for 
an 
autocratic 
leader, 
to 
engage 
in 
violent 
acts, 
and 
then 
to 
endanger 
themselves 
further 
by 
splitting 
off 
from 
that 
cause 
or 
leader. 
What 
effect, 
if 
any, 
do 
their 
actions 
have 
on 
their 
society, 
on 
their 
own 
lives 
and 
those 
of 
their 
children? 
From 
the 
vantage 
point 
of 
people 
on 
the 
ground, 
these 
questions 
take 
on 
a 
universal 
quality 
that 
speaks 
to 
other 
contexts 
and 
other 
people 
beyond 
Turkey 
and 
beyond 
the 
1970s.
“There 
are 
stories 
that 
open 
many 
veins.”
INTERVIEWEE 
1
“Anything 
can 
happen 
to 
anyone 
at 
any 
time.”
INTERVIEWEE 
2

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INCOMPLETE GLOSSARY OF FACTIONS AND PARTIES
  7. CAST OF CHARACTERS
  8. TURKISH KALEIDOSCOPE
  9. REFLECTIONS
  10. Orhan THE ROMANTIC
  11. Nuray ESKİŞEHİR 1973
  12. Yunus ESKİŞEHİR 1973
  13. CONGREGATION
  14. Feride THE BAZAAR
  15. Yunus THE REVOLUTION IS FULL TIME
  16. BATTLE OF THE POSTERS
  17. GĂźl THE NOTEBOOK
  18. The Factory Owner
  19. Nuray THE T-SHIRTS
  20. Orhan SMALL PUFF OF AIR
  21. Yunus CONSEQUENCES
  22. Orhan ONE DAY
  23. Fikret THE GUIDE
  24. Ankara 1979 WEDDING
  25. September 12, 1980 COUP D'ÉTAT
  26. May 2012 Istanbul IDEALS
  27. Mehmet THE ELECTRICIAN
  28. KALEIDOSCOPE
  29. REFLECTIONS

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