Turkish Radicalism and its Images of the Ottoman Ancien Regime (1923-38)


Gurpinar D.

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, cilt.51, sa.3, ss.395-415, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00263206.2014.977265
  • Dergi Adı: MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.395-415
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article develops a comparative study of Turkish radicalism (i.e. Kemalism and Unionism) demonstrating its resemblances and differences vis-a-vis its European counterparts, especially French republicanism and Bolshevism. The historiographical vistas of Turkish radicalism are thoroughly examined to elaborate on the ancien regime imageries of Turkish radicalism and the contradictions inherent in these coexisting historiographical vistas. The article aims to develop a critical perspective of Turkish radicalism, arguing that many cliches reproduced in the academic literature had been in fact produced by the Kemalists as self-fashioning.