Flags and traitors: The advance of ethno-nationalism in the Turkish self-image

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2011-01-01

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Çırakman Deveci, Aslı

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This paper examines a peculiar change in the Turkish self-image towards an ethno-nationalist discourse in the 2000s. In Turkish public life one may find various manifestations of a self-promoting ethnocentric world view alongside expressions of xenophobic feelings against the so-called enemies within and without. This study explores a certain transition from a modernist and secular self-image to an ethnocentric self-regard with reference to nationalist best sellers, TV series, public displays of slogans, and flagging incidents in the 2000s.

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Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48174

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ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES

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https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2011.556746

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Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Article

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A. Çırakman Deveci, “Flags and traitors: The advance of ethno-nationalism in the Turkish self-image,” ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES, pp. 1894–1912, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48174.