Turkey's ever present past : stories from Turkish republican history /

Silverman, Reuben,

Turkey's ever present past : stories from Turkish republican history / Reuben Silverman. - 1st edition. - 242 pages ; 21 cm. - History ; 127 . - Tarih dizisi (Libra Kitapçılık ve Yayıncılık) ; 127. .

"145"--Page facing title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.

Ninety years since...what? Framing the birth of the Turkish republic -- The Şükrü Kaya problem -- Imaginary community? The Kemalist project and its alternatives -- Goodnight, Panco: Sait Faik's final stories -- Mike hammer and sickle: Kemal Tahir and making a living in the 1950's -- Youth in revolt: Deniz Gezmiş, "The Turkish Che Guevara" -- In the realm of the ugly king: Yılmaz Güney in art and politics -- The long road: Mehmed Uzun and the Kurdish struggle for rights -- Ahmet Kaya: witness to the age -- Colonel Kırca's secrets: OHAL and the legacy of Turkey's dirty war -- In a deep state: Kemal Kerinçsiz and nationalism on trial -- "Life does not consist of alcohol and sex:" alcohol bans and the politics of modernity in Turkey.


In English.

9786059022477 6059022472

2016357705


Orbay, Hüseyin Rauf, 1881-1964.
Güney, Yılmaz, 1937-1984.
Sait Faik, 1906-1954.
Kerinçsiz, Kemal.


Nationalism--History--Turkey--20th century.
Turks--Biography.


Turkey--History--20th century.
Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.

DR576 / .S58 2015