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From the abode of Islam to the Turkish vatan : the making of a national homeland in Turkey /

How does a people move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? This book examines the complex and pivotal case of Turkey. Tracing the shifting valences of vatan (Arabic for "birthplace" or "homeland") from the Ottoman p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Özkan, Behlül, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Searching for a new legitimacy : Ottoman patriotism and imperial vatan
  • From imperial to national vatan
  • From geography to vatan
  • Vatan and Turkey's foreign policy.