The sons of two fatherlands: Turkey and the North Caucasian Diaspora, 1914-1923

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dc.contributor.authorGingeras, Ryan
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)en_US
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-12T21:21:19Z
dc.date.available2017-12-12T21:21:19Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionThe article of record as published may be found at http://ejts.revues.org/index4424.htmlen_US
dc.description.abstract“We have citizens and co-nationals in the contemporary Turkish nation who wish to propagate notions about Kurdish-ness, Circassian-ness and even more so Laz-ness or Bosnian-ness inside of the political and social collective. But this false naming, which is a product of the despotism of the past age, for anyone other than a few reactionary tools of the enemy and imbeciles, had no other effect on the nation other than worry and stress. Because the individuals of this nation, like the whole Turkish community, are in possession of a common past, history, morality and law.”1 “No Matter what happens, it is our obligation to immerse those living in our society in the civilization of Turkish society and to have them benefit from the prosperity of civilization. Why should we still speak of the Kurd Mehmet, the Circassian Hasan or the Laz Ali. This would demonstrate the weakness of the dominant element… If anybody has any difference inside of him, we need to erase that in the schools and in the body politic, so that man will be as Turkish as me and serve the homeland.”2 Pronouncements such as these underscore the fundamental premise of ethnic politics in the Republic of Turkey for much of its brief history. Turkish nationalism, as suggested in the quotes above is the mortar with which the Turkish state is kept together. A rich heritage and culture binds all those born within Turkey’s borders. To suggest otherwise condones the subversive and reactionary politics of the Ottoman past.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationR. Gingeras, "The Sons of Two Fatherlands: Turkey and the North Caucasian Diaspora, 1914-1923," European Journal of Turkish Studies [Online], Complete List, 2011, Online since 30 November 2011.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/56438
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dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.titleThe sons of two fatherlands: Turkey and the North Caucasian Diaspora, 1914-1923en_US
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