Crafting Turkish National Identity, 1919-1927: A Rhetorical Approach

Author:   Aysel Morin (East Carolina University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367715014


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 December 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Crafting Turkish National Identity, 1919-1927: A Rhetorical Approach


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Examining Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Büyük Nutuk (The Great Public Address), this book identifies the five founding political myths of Turkey: the First Duty, the Internal Enemy, the Encirclement, the Ancestor, and Modernity. Offering a comprehensive rhetorical analysis of Nutuk in its entirety, the book reveals how Atatürk crafted these myths, traces their discursive roots back to the Orkhon Inscriptions, epic tales, and ancient stories of Turkish culture, and critiques their long-term effects on Turkish political culture. In so doing, it advances the argument that these myths have become permanent fixtures of Turkish political discourse since the establishment of Turkey and have been used by both supporters and detractors of Atatürk. Providing examples of how past and present leaders, including Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a vocal critic of Atatürk, have deployed these myths in their discourses, the book offers an entirely new way to read and understand Turkish political culture and contributes to the heated debate on Kemalism by responding to the need to go back to the original sources – his own speeches and statements – to understand him. Contributing to emerging discourse-based approaches, this book is ideal for scholars and students of Turkish Studies, History, Nationalism Studies, Political Science, Rhetorical Studies, and International Studies.

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Author:   Aysel Morin (East Carolina University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.444kg
ISBN:  

9780367715014


ISBN 10:   0367715015
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 December 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Rhetoric, Nationalism, and the Turkish Case 1. Constitutive Rhetoric and Nationalism 2. Development of Turkish Nationalism: Questions of identity from Ottomans to Turks Part 2: The Founding Myths 3. The Myth of the First Duty 4. The Myth of the Internal Enemy 5. The Myth of the Ancestor 6. The Myth of Encirclement 7. The Myth of the Modernity Part 3: Semiotic Universe of Contemporary Turkish Politics 8. Characteristics of the Collectivization Process and Militarization 9. AKP and the Current Deployment of Myths in Political Discourse Final Thoughts

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Aysel Morin is an associate professor in the School of Communication at East Carolina University, USA. Her research involves the rhetorical construction of collective identities, political and public discourse, critical and cultural studies, nationalism, and history.

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