Yazar
Günay-Erkol, Çimen, Sert, Deniz Şenol
Basım Tarihi
2018
Basım Yeri
-
Taylor & Francis
Konu
Turkey, Military coups, Novels, Memory, Literature
Tür
Süreli Yayın
Dil
İngilizce
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Kütüphane
Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası
1468-3849
Kayıt Numarası
3ceb1944-74dc-4e73-b45d-fa43dfe6c944
Lokasyon
International Relations, Humanities and Social Sciences
Tarih
2018
Notlar
TÜBİTAK
Örnek Metin
Recent research shows that Turkish society is very polarized and that different identities and ideological perspectives are in constant struggle with each other. In a multicultural society such as Turkey’s, the question of how to think about the relationship between different social groups’ histories of victimization becomes crucial. Following Michael Rothberg’s conceptualization of multi-directional memory – beyond competitive memory, this article presents an archive for comparative work through a data set of novels on the military coups in Turkey. The major argument here is that while these novels are promoting the idea of competitive memory as a zero-sum game, if it is looked at more closely, there are traces of multi-directionality, of ongoing negotiation, cross-referencing, and borrowing. Doing so, it is argued, would help to reframe justice in the society, where different victimizations are not competing with each other, but start to talk to each other. This article is an attempt to create a literary tool of comparison on different stories of victimization as a first step towards transitional justice in a polarized society.
DOI
10.1080/14683849.2017.1354703
Cilt
19
