The Turkish mission civilisatrice? :|governance of Dersim as an internal colony (1927-1952)
| dc.contributor | Ph.D. Program in Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kırlı, Cengiz. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Devres, Murat S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-16T13:10:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-16T13:10:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Global modernity was achieved through the formation of nation-states that conducted respective versions of forced homogenization by implementing centralizing principles.This dissertationargues that theRepublic ofTurkey adoptedmanytechniquesofthefamedmissioncivilisatriceoftheFrenchThird Republic;adiscourseofsuperiorcorevalueswasusedtosuppressthelocal cultureandsocioeconomicstructureofahithertowillinglystatelesspeoplein the mountainous region of Dersim. The quarter century considered in this dissertationcoincides with the Inspectorates-General,whichIarguewasan internalcolonialinstitution.Throughanin-depth analysisofreportswrittenin thelate1930s andearly1940s byNecmeddinSahir(1898-1992),ajournalist, bureaucrat and entrepreneur, as well as additional archival material, this dissertation presents a critical reading of Turkish history in relation to the GreaterDersim region, whichincludespresent-dayTunceli. Thecontemporary polemicthatcontinuestodivideTurkishpolitics,centeredaroundtheevents of 1937 and 1938, is a sensitive subject that deserves special attention in relationtocontemporaryidentitypoliticsinTurkey.Theoriginal contribution ofthisworkresidesinitsmissiontoovercomepoliticalpolemics surrounding theseeventsbyemployingsocioeconomicdatafromthereportsofNecmeddin Sahir and interpreting them from the perspective of subaltern studies spotlighting thosevoicesthatwouldnormallynotbefoundinstaterecords. | |
| dc.format.extent | 30 cm. | |
| dc.format.pages | 443 leaves ; | |
| dc.identifier.other | HTR 2021 D48 PhD | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://digitalarchive.library.bogazici.edu.tr/handle/123456789/18723 | |
| dc.publisher | Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, 2021. | |
| dc.title | The Turkish mission civilisatrice? :|governance of Dersim as an internal colony (1927-1952) |
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