Hale Yılmaz on social transformation in Turkey, yesterday and today

January 27, 2017

In this new Turkey Book Talk episode Southern Illinois University associate professor of history Hale Yılmaz speaks about her book “Becoming Turkish: Nationalist Reforms and Cultural Negotiations in Early Republican Turkey, 1923-1945” (Syracuse University Press).

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Background reading:

Alexandros Lamprou discusses his book on the People’s Houses: “Nation-Building in Modern Turkey: The People’s Houses, the State and the Citizen”.
A visit to Mahmut Makal on the 60th anniversary of his autobiographical book “Bizim Köy” (Our Village), describing the tough life of a village teacher in early republican Turkey.

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Posted by William Armstrong
Filed in Atatürk, Book Review, CHP, History, Interviews, Literature, Podcast, Politics, Turkey, Turkish history, Turkish politics, Turkish republic, Uncategorized
Tags: Alexandros Lamprou, Hale Yilmaz, Kemalism, Mahmut Makal, Turkey, Turkish history, Turkish republic

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