History of Turkish Scholarship

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Modernization, Nationalism and the State

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvDoğan Gürpınar,Doğan Gürpınar,Dogan Gurpinar

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A History of Turkish Scholarship: Modernization, Nationalism and the State traces the evolution of Turkey’s academic institutions from their late Ottoman roots to the present, revealing how universities became key arenas in the struggle over national identity, progress, and state power.Focusing on the humanities and social sciences, this book examines how Turkish scholarship emerged and matured under the weight of modernization drives, nationalist ideals, and shifting state ideologies. It explores how three generations of scholars navigated institutional pressures and ideological fault lines as they contributed to - and were shaped by - the construction of modern Turkey’s historical and intellectual narrative. Rather than simply chronicling higher education reform, the book uncovers the deeper cultural and political forces that continuously reshaped the academic world: from the early Republican push for enlightenment and secularism to periods of centralization, censorship, and contested autonomy.Rich in insight and grounded in archival research, this book will appeal to scholars and students of Middle Eastern studies, intellectual history, political science, and education, as well as anyone interested in the dynamic interplay between knowledge, power, and the state in modern societies.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-13
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
Antal sidor334
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041216704

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Doğan Gürpınar is a professor at Istanbul Technical University. His research interests include late Ottoman and Turkish intellectual history, historiography, and cultural history. He has published extensively in both English and Turkish. His books in English include Ottoman Imperial Diplomacy: A Political, Social and Cultural History of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry; Ottoman/Turkish Visions of the Nation, 1860–1950; Conspiracy Nation: Conspiracy Theories in Turkey; and The Intellectual Order of Islamism and Populism. His books in Turkish explore themes of intellectual and cultural histories of modern Turkey, from personal names and moustaches to cultural wars and the history of liberalism in Turkey.

Introduction 1. The beginnings of Turkish academia: Kemalism, Cold War, and modernization 2. The golden age of independent academia? (1960–1980) 3. The rise of the Higher Education Board (YÖK) and the post-1980 order 4. Conservative ascendancy in academia 5. "White Turks," the "establishment," the myth of academia as an ivory tower, and cultural wars over the universities 6. Transformations in Turkish scholarship on modern Turkey and the late Ottoman Empire 7. The Turkish historical craft and the Ottoman Empire

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