CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Hartmann, Daniel Andreas |
|---|---|
| Title | Neo-Ottomanism: The Emergence and Utility of a New Narrative on Politics, Religion, Society, and History in Turkey |
| Summary | The present thesis investigates the popular and scholarly appraisal of the discourse dubbed Neo-Ottomanism for its implicit and explicit references to Turkey’s Ottoman History and proposes that it should be defined as a transformational project rooted in historical rhetoric. The thesis posits that with the inauguration of a period dubbed in scholarly literature as the Third Turkish Republic after the military coup of 1980, there developed social and political dynamics that have the potential to transform parts of Turkish society. The analytical framework of alternative modernities is used to theoretically frame these transformational dynamics and highlight their permeation into all strata of Turkish society. The thesis also claims that rather than being part of a politically motivated neo-imperialist agenda, the transformations inherent to Neo-Ottomanism are the consequence of internal and external changes in the political landscape of Turkey and the surrounding region. |
| Supervisor | Esmer, Tolga; Al-Bagdadi, Nadia |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/hartmann_daniel.pdf |
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