By A. Altinay
ISBN-10: 1403972834
ISBN-13: 9781403972835
ISBN-10: 1403979367
ISBN-13: 9781403979360
Altinay examines how the parable that the army is valuable to Turkey's nationwide id used to be created, perpetuated, and acts to form politics. Tracing how the ideology of militarism is maintained and its implications for ethnic and gender kin, she considers the demanding situations dealing with Turkey because it strikes from being a plural to a pluralistic society.
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More than anything they express a feeling of hopelessness and doom, of being sacrificed. In the eyes of the people who sang these songs, being called to the colors was a death sentence. In many cases, of course, they were right’’ (Zu¨rcher 1996, 237). World War I was followed by the War of Independence, which lasted until 1922. Therefore, when the new conscription law of the Turkish Republic was passed in 1927, military service was still closely linked to war and a sense of loss. The discourses that were produced in the 1930s would slowly divorce military service from the recent wars and the Ottoman past, and relocate it in the terrain of culture/nation/race.
The myth / 25 Tarih, the four-volume history book written by the Turkish Historical Society in 1931, defined Turks as ‘‘members of a great race that has brought into being different states, civilizations, and societies in the historical period and in pre-historic times’’ (Tarih I, 20). These included the ancient Egyptian civilization and state, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia, as well as the Great Hun Empire in Central Asia, the Seljuks, Timur’s Empire, the Mogul Empire in India, the Turkish-Ottoman Empire and finally, the Turkish Republic.
I will act now and make arrangements for you to receive special training at the Eskis¸ehir Air Academy’’ (Go¨kc¸en 1996, 109). Go¨kc¸en joined the Air Academy in early 1936, at the age of twenty-three. Her training was special indeed. First of all, she was the only woman at the Air Academy. She was also shorter than the average male students, for which they readjusted one of the planes so that her feet were able to reach the pedals (112). While other students were trained in groups of three or four, Go¨kc¸en received personal training on the airplane that was adjusted to her height.
The Myth of the Military-Nation: Militarism, Gender, and Education in Turkey by A. Altinay
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