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The Role and influence of "Nationalist Action Party" in Turkish political life
(Bilkent University, 1999)
This thesis is an attempt to explain and explore the role and influence of
Nationalist Action Party (МНР) in Turkish political life. This study examines
the rise of МНР in recent years both as a political party and as a ...
Republic Days in the post 1997 period Turkey : commemorative activities as embodied and contested interventions to the imaginary terrain of the 'nation'
(Bilkent University, 2004)
This thesis explores the Republic Day holiday celebrations and their representations
in three newspapers; Zaman, Hürriyet and Cumhuriyet in the post-1997 period from
a perspective which argues that commemorative activities ...
Articulating socialism with nationalism : a critical analysis of nationalism in the Turkish leftist tradition in the 1960s
(Bilkent University, 2010)
In this dissertation, it is argued that nationalism was one of the most
important characteristics of the socialist movement in Turkey in the 1960s. When we
look at the socialist movement in Turkey in this period, we ...
Narratives of the ideal Turk image in Turkish collective memory: an analysis of TV dramas “Payitaht: Abdülhamid II” and “Mehmetçik Kût-ül Amâre”
(Bilkent University, 2018-07)
This thesis analyzes the construction of the ideal Turk images by the
television dramas Payitaht: Abdülhamid II and Mehmetçik Kût-ül
Amâre in relation to the production of collective memory. They are
examined within ...
Turkish conservatism from a comparative perspective
(Bilkent University, 2002)
This thesis serves for the aim of understanding the Turkish conservatism by
making comparative analysis and by focusing on the emergence of conservative
attitudes. This study aimed to examine the role of conservatism in ...
Imagi-nation of gendered nationalism : the represantation of women as gendered national subjects in Ottoman-Turkish novels (1908-1938)
(Bilkent University, 2005)
The relation between gender and nationalism has been a controversial issue
since the 1980’s when the feminist analyses have brought to light different ways in
which women are implicated in nationalist projects. Although ...
Rethinking the DLP : analysis of the 1999 election campaign
(Bilkent University, 2001)
This thesis examines the stance of the DLP and the factors that led the DLP
to the top of the Turkish political scene in the 18 April 1999 elections. While
the DLP’s stance is explained with a new kind of ideological ...
The construction of the republican discourse through interventions in public space
(Bilkent University, 2004)
This thesis is on the construction of the early republican discourse through the
interventions in public space. These interventions are the construction of Ankara as
the national center and the two monuments, The Victory ...
Reclaiming the nation, moralizing politics: narratives of political legitimacy in autobiographies of progressive Republican Party leaders
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)
In this dissertation, I examine how autobiographical writing becomes a peculiar political
space for Kazım Karabekir, Ali Fuat Cebesoy and Rauf Orbay, three major leaders
of the Turkish War of Independence and the Progressive ...
Analyzing the early republican ideology with specific reference to the Turkish literature : 1930-1945
(Bilkent University, 2000)
Having taken for granted that there exists a certain but nonlinear relation between
political ideology and literature, this thesis seeks to trace the early republican political
project vis a vis development of the Turkish ...