Week 11
Lecture
French revolution and nationalism
Liberty
Equality
Fraternity (refers to nationalism)
Nation-Nation states:
Classical nationalist approach:
Says nations were always there but people didn’t know
Nations were dormant and national consciousness was sleeping
There are leaders or nationalist movements that awaken the national consciousness in people
When such movements are successful, nation state is formed
Anti-essential approach:
No such entities called nations before
In modern era, nationalist movements/leaders mobilized masses and propogate for nation states using building blocks
and nation state established if successful
That nation state produces a nation
Nationalist movements in the Ottoman empire
Serbian Revolt
Greek Revolt
Zionist Organization
Albanian Revolt
Arab Revolt
Birth of Turkish Nationalism:
Cultural Turkism:
Mustafa Celalettin Pasa: birth of Turkish Nationalism thru his writings
Leon Cahun: The Blue Banner novel and another novel about Turkish history
Vilhelm Thomsen: deciphered old Turkish inscriptions
Arminius Vambery: Hungarian adventurer
Influence of Muslim Intellectuals from Russia
Mizanci Murad
Ismail Gaspirali: “Unity in language, in thought, in work.”, Tercuman newspaper
Acceleration of Cultural Turkism:
Suleyman Pasha’s book “Tarih I Alem” taught in Military Academy
Ahmet Vefik Pasha and Semsettin Sami’s work in field of language
Ahmet Mithat Efendi’s contributions to spread of Turkist ideas at level of popular culture
Mehmed Tahir: revealed role of Turks in rise of Islamic civilization
Turkish newspapers: deal with issues of turks outside the empire and use words turan and turani
Political Turkism:
, Young turk opposition
First example of turkist writings in Anadolu journal
Newspaper in cairo called Turk
Authors used Turkish names as pseudonyms
Emphasis on racial superiority of the turks compared to other minorities in the empire
Comments about islam causing decline of the turks
Yusuf Akcura work: Three policies in turk newspaper
Pan Islamism, ottomanism, turkish nationalism based on race
Considers last alternative most meaningful
Turkish Association publishes Turkish language magazine in 1909
Turkish Homeland Society 1911 and Turkish Hearths 1912
Homeland society abolished and joined hearths
Ziya Gokalp: prominent theorists of Turkish nationalism
Young Pens 1910-1912: published in Thessaloniki
CUP supported
Nationalist magazine focusing on language and literature
Great Breaking Point: Balkan war 1912-1913
Lecture
French revolution and nationalism
Liberty
Equality
Fraternity (refers to nationalism)
Nation-Nation states:
Classical nationalist approach:
Says nations were always there but people didn’t know
Nations were dormant and national consciousness was sleeping
There are leaders or nationalist movements that awaken the national consciousness in people
When such movements are successful, nation state is formed
Anti-essential approach:
No such entities called nations before
In modern era, nationalist movements/leaders mobilized masses and propogate for nation states using building blocks
and nation state established if successful
That nation state produces a nation
Nationalist movements in the Ottoman empire
Serbian Revolt
Greek Revolt
Zionist Organization
Albanian Revolt
Arab Revolt
Birth of Turkish Nationalism:
Cultural Turkism:
Mustafa Celalettin Pasa: birth of Turkish Nationalism thru his writings
Leon Cahun: The Blue Banner novel and another novel about Turkish history
Vilhelm Thomsen: deciphered old Turkish inscriptions
Arminius Vambery: Hungarian adventurer
Influence of Muslim Intellectuals from Russia
Mizanci Murad
Ismail Gaspirali: “Unity in language, in thought, in work.”, Tercuman newspaper
Acceleration of Cultural Turkism:
Suleyman Pasha’s book “Tarih I Alem” taught in Military Academy
Ahmet Vefik Pasha and Semsettin Sami’s work in field of language
Ahmet Mithat Efendi’s contributions to spread of Turkist ideas at level of popular culture
Mehmed Tahir: revealed role of Turks in rise of Islamic civilization
Turkish newspapers: deal with issues of turks outside the empire and use words turan and turani
Political Turkism:
, Young turk opposition
First example of turkist writings in Anadolu journal
Newspaper in cairo called Turk
Authors used Turkish names as pseudonyms
Emphasis on racial superiority of the turks compared to other minorities in the empire
Comments about islam causing decline of the turks
Yusuf Akcura work: Three policies in turk newspaper
Pan Islamism, ottomanism, turkish nationalism based on race
Considers last alternative most meaningful
Turkish Association publishes Turkish language magazine in 1909
Turkish Homeland Society 1911 and Turkish Hearths 1912
Homeland society abolished and joined hearths
Ziya Gokalp: prominent theorists of Turkish nationalism
Young Pens 1910-1912: published in Thessaloniki
CUP supported
Nationalist magazine focusing on language and literature
Great Breaking Point: Balkan war 1912-1913
