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Politics and the Peasantry in Post-War Turkey

Politics and the Peasantry in Post-War Turkey Religion & Esotericism

Politics and the Peasantry in Post-War Turkey

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When the Ottoman Empire collapsed following the First World War, the feudal system which had survived untouched in much of Anatolia began to change. Kemal Ataturk's task of building a nation 'from the people up' meant that the peasantry, by far Turkey's largest ethnographic group, became an important symbol of social cohesion. Here, Sinan Yildirmaz analyses the history of modern Turkey through the material culture of this peasantry - their speeches, social club documents, art and diaries - and reveals a rich social and political life which flowered after the Second World War. Politics and the Peasantry in Post-War Turkey is the first history to show how the changing peasantry laid the foundations for the modern Turkish state, and will be essential reading for students and scholars of the Ottoman Empire and of the History of Modern Turkey.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2016-11-04
Publication Date:
2016-11-04
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1780761139
ISBN13:
9781780761138
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
509 g
Height:
144 cm
Width:
223 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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