The invisibility of Turks of African origin and the construction of Turkish cultural identity - The need for a new historiography

Durugonul E.

JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES, cilt.33, sa.3, ss.281-294, 2003 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0021934702238632
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.281-294
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article analyzes the formation of national/cultural identity as well as historiography and history education in Turkey, the latter elements being fundamental to a sound understanding of identity formation in any society. African Turks, whose ancestors were brought to the Ottoman Empire at that time and of whose presence many in Turkish society today are not informed at all, are taken as an example of the elements of Turkish society that have been neglected.