From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey

By Carter V. Findley

Book Overview

How does a people move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? This book examines the complex and pivotal case of Turkey. Tracing the shifting valences of vatan (Arabic for "birthplace" or "homeland") from the Ottoman period--when it signified a certain territorial integrity and imperial ideology--through its acquisition of religious undertones and its evolution alongside the concept of millet (nation), Behl l zkan engages readers in the fascinating ontology of Turkey's protean imagining of its nationhood and the construction of a modern national-territorial consciousness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030017201X
• ISBN13: 9780300172010
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"