Author
Günay-Erkol, Çimen
Publication Date
2013
Subject
Military coup, Woman writer, Turkish culture, Turkish Republic, United States Government printing
Type
Book
Language
Turkish
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
978-1-137-32669-0
Record ID
87c95ae9-4a90-4676-8a02-b8d213da74cc
Library Location
Humanities and Social Sciences
Date
2013
Sample Text
In the Cold War era, the period from the end of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Turkey was dominated by efforts of democratization and liberalization, economic growth and instability, intellectual and political quarrels, three successful (1960, 1971, and 1980) and two abortive military coups (1962 and 1963), and armed aggression in the streets which reached a peak toward the end of 1970s. The ruins left by military dictatorships are still relatively unexplored, and the neoliberal structure and hegemonic discourses introduced by them still influence contemporary life. The Cold War has left an imprint not only in literature but also in daily language, and its legacy is very much alive. The Turkish dictionary prepared and made online by the state-supported Turkish Language Association (TDK), for example, gives Moskof gâvuru (infidel of Moscow) as a synonym for the word Rus (Russian), linking an ethnic identity to a political system (the ideal of a Moscow-centered international dictatorship) and religious otherness at the same time.
Editör
Ornek, C., Ungor, C.
DOI
10.1057/9781137326690_6
