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About this book
For decades after the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the Turkish state promoted the idea of a desired citizen. The Kemalist state treated these citizens as superior, with full rights; but the 'others', those outside this desired citizenship, were either tolerated or considered undesirable citizens. And this caused the marginalization of ethnic and religious minorities, religious Muslims and leftists alike. In this book, Ihsan Yilmaz shows how historical traumas, victimhood, insecurities, anxieties, fears and siege mentality have negatively impacted on and radicalised the nation-building projects of the two competing hegemonic ideologies/regimes (those of Ataturk and Erdogan) and their treatment of majority and minority ethnic, religious and political groups. Yilmaz reveals the significant degree of overlap between the desired, undesired citizen and tolerated citizen categories of these two regimes, showing how both regimes aimed to create a perception of a homogenous Turkish nation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Anxious Nation and Its Ambivalent Westernism
- Part I Kemalism and Its Desired, Undesired, Tolerated Citizens
- Part II Emergence of the Counter-Hegemony: Erdoganism
- Part III Creating Erdoganism's Desired Citizens via Popular Culture and Education
- Part IV Erdoganism's Undesired Citizens
- Part V Creating Erdoganism's Tolerated Citizens via the Diyanet
- Appendix 1 Turkish National Anthem: The Independence March
- Appendix 2 Tenth Year March
- Appendix 3 Our Pledge
- Appendix 4 Atatürk's Address to the Youth
- Appendix 5 Necip Fazil Kisakürek's Address to the Youth
- Glossary
- References
- Index