Commemorating the First World War and Its Aftermath: Neo-Ottomanism, Gender, and the Politics of History in Turkey
In: Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey ; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03905798 ; Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey, Springer International Publishing, pp.175-208, 2023, Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-08023-4_7⟩; (2023)
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International audience ; This chapter discusses the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) neo-Ottomanist history politics with a focus on commemoration and memorialisation of the First World War and the “Independence War” in Turkey. These commemorations refer to a mythical Ottoman past that stresses Sunni-Muslim-Turkish imperial legacy and the prominence of Muslim faith, solidarity, and martyrdom. While they undermine the hero cult around Mustafa Kemal and pluralize heroism by including women (and other male warriors), the commemorations consciously omit the existence of non-Muslim soldiers and ethnic violence against non-Muslims. The chapter traces incorporation of mythical narratives of women warriors into the centennial memorialisation in order to explore the shift in the construction of masculinities and femininities. Although the recognition of women’s participation in the war effort is a step towards pluralisation, women’s heroic representations reflect the same neo-Ottomanist obsession with “Muslim martyrdom” that rests on a masculinist notion of heroism, and a homogeneous ethno-religious identity.
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Commemorating the First World War and Its Aftermath: Neo-Ottomanism, Gender, and the Politics of History in Turkey
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Maksudyan, Nazan ; Alkan, Hilal ; Institut, Friedrich-Meinecke ; Freie Universität Berlin ; Centre Marc Bloch (CMB) ; Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE)-Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung-Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Quelle: | Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey ; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03905798 ; Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey, Springer International Publishing, pp.175-208, 2023, Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-08023-4_7⟩; (2023) |
Veröffentlichung: | HAL CCSD ; Springer International Publishing, 2023 |
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DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-08023-4_7 |
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