| ID | 128224 |
| Title Proper | Reassessing Turkish National Memory |
| Other Title Information | an analysis of the representation of Turkish National Memory by the AKP |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Maessen, Enno |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this article continuity and discontinuity of interpretations and manipulations of national memory during the successive governments of the Adalet ve Kalk?nma Partisi (Justice and Development Party - AKP) in Turkey are investigated. The strong continuities between the Islamist parties of the 1990s and the AKP, with regard to the way they consider and manipulate Ottoman history as a means of political legitimation, are demonstrated. In addition, the continuity between the AKP's style of governance and that of preceding governments is shown. The conclusion of the article is that, in addition to continuities with its Islamist predecessors, the AKP is to a large extent still embedded within the boundaries of the nationalist framework set out by Kemalism with regard to the party's stance on Turkish citizenship, national identity, traumas in national history and leader-centred politics. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol.50, No.2; March 2014: p.309-324 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies Vol.50, No.2; March 2014: p.309-324 |
| Key Words | History ; Turkey ; History - Turkey ; Turkish National Memory ; Justice and Development Party - AKP ; National Identity ; Leader Centred Politics ; National History ; Islamist Predecessors ; Political Parties ; Ottoman States ; Ottoman History ; Ottoman Empire ; Political Manipulation |