Research Catalog

Title

Turkey, kemalism and the Soviet Union : problems of modernization, ideology and interpretation / Vahram Ter-Matevosyan.

Author

Ter-Matʻevosyan, Vahram Hamazaspi

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
• ©2019

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Description

xvii, 279 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

The book examines the Kemalist ideology of Turkey from two perspectives. It discusses major problems in the existing interpretations of the topic and how the incorporation of Soviet perspectives enriches the historiography and our understanding of the ideology. To address these questions, the book looks into the origins, evolution, and transformational phases of Kemalism between the 1920s and 1970s. The research also focuses on perspectives from abroad by observing how republican Turkey and particularly its founding ideology were viewed and interpreted by Soviet observers. Paying more attention to the diplomatic, geopolitical, and economic complexities of Turkish-Soviet relations, scholars have rarely problematized those pereptions of Turkish ideological transformations. Looking at various phases of Soviet attitudes towards Kemalism and its manifestations through the lenses of Communist leaders, party functionaries, diplomats and scholars, the book illuminates the underlying dynamics of Soviet interpretations--back cover.

Series Statement

Modernity, memory and identity in South-East Europe

Uniform Title

Modernity, memory and identity in South-East Europe.

Subjects

• Kemalism
• Turkey > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Problems of Definition and Historiography of Kemalism -- (Trans)formation of Kemalism, 1920s-1930s -- Popularization of Kemalism: Intellectual, Contextual, and Popular Considerations -- Transformation of Kemalism's Hegemony in the Post-Atatürk Era, 1940s-1950s -- Kemalism in the Second Republic, 1960s-1970s -- Problems and Perspectives of Existing Interpretations of Kemalism -- Soviet Interpretations of Kemalism in the 1920s -- Geopolitics and Complexities of Soviet Interpretations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFD 19-2454

ISBN

• 3319974025
• 9783319974026

LCCN

2018949317

OCLC

1042477714

Author

Ter-Matʻevosyan, Vahram Hamazaspi, author.

Title

Turkey, kemalism and the Soviet Union : problems of modernization, ideology and interpretation / Vahram Ter-Matevosyan.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Modernity, memory and identity in South-East Europe

Modernity, memory and identity in South-East Europe.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Ter-Matʻevosyan, Vahram Hamazaspi. Turkey, kemalism and the Soviet Union. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019] 9783319974033 (OCoLC)1088905307

Research Call Number

JFD 19-2454