
Occidentalism in Turkey
Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting
- 271 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Occidentalism in Turkey
Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting
About this book
From the early Attaturk years, Turkish radio broadcasting was seen as a great hope for sealing the national identity of the new Turkish Republic. Since the inaugural broadcast in 1927 the national elite designed radio broadcasting to represent the 'voice of a nation'. Here Meltem Ahiska reveals how radio broadcasting actually showed Turkey's uncertainty over its position in relation to Europe. While the national elite wanted to build their own Turkish identity, at the same time they desired recognition from Europe that Turkey was now a Westernized modern country. Ahiska shows how these tensions played out over the radio in the conflicting depictions and discrepancies between the national elite and 'the people', 'cosmopolitan' Istanbul and 'national' Ankara and men and women (especially in Radio drama). Through radio broadcasting we can see how Occidentalism dictated the Turkish Republic's early history and shaped how modern Turkey saw itself.
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Radio Technology and the Imaginaries of Modernity and Nation
- 2. Occidentalism: History and Theory
- 3. The Studio and The 'Voice of the Nation'
- 4. London Calling Turkey: Dialogic Yet Competing Truths
- 5. Radio Talks: The Forever Young Nation
- 6. Radio Drama: Familiarising the Modern Nation
- 7. Conclusion: Further Reflections on Occidentalist Hegemony
- Notes
- Sources and References
- Index