History, discourse, and policy in modern Turkey / Alper Çakmak

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Intro -- History, Discourse, and Policy in Modern Turkey -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Guiding objectives and questions -- 1.2 Outline of the book -- 1.3 Historical legacies in Turkish politics -- Chapter 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1 Theoretical background for the analysis of the political discourse -- 2.1.1 Othering to institute the self -- 2.1.2 The function of the political discourse -- 2.1.3 Tools of discourse analysis -- 2.2 The nature of the data source -- 2.2.1 The scope -- 2.2.2 Design of the study -- Chapter 3. (De?) constructing and rewriting the history: Figures and events -- 3.1 Pro-Tutelage vs Neo-Ottoman Readings on the History of the Turkish Republic -- 3.2 Introduction of the commemoration of Kut-Al-Amara, re-imagining the Sick Man of Europe -- 3.3 The discourse of history during Gezi Park protests -- 3.4 An Ottoman officer and the founding father: Ghazi Mustafa Kemal vs Atatürk -- 3.5 Discourse on coups and coup attempts -- 3.6 Borders of heart: Discrediting Lausanne Treaty &amp -- negotiators -- 3.7 Discourse going beyond the alleged history: Myth-writing -- Chapter 4. Structuring the self construct: Self imagined ottoman -- 14.1.1 The components of instituting identity -- 4.1.2 We are grandsons of Ottomans: Self-appointed identity as a means of grounding legitimacy -- 4.1.3 Constituents of bethinking Ottoman: Islamic creed and ancient (Kadim) Anatolian culture -- 4.1.4 The celebration of the conquest of Istanbul revisited -- 4.1.5 Marking the gap between self / other nexus: Outlining the self -- 4.1.6 Contemporary Turkey: Contemporaneity retrieved from the legacy of history -- Chapter 5. Discourse and policy: Between utopia and reality.

5.1 The hypothesis for the modus operandi of the relationship between discourse and policy -- 5.1.1 Discourse and policy on the presidential system of government -- 5.1.2 Discourse and policy: "Mon chers" -- 5.2 Discourse and policy: Moralism without outer limits -- 5.2.1 Discourse on Syrian refugees and Syrian refugees policy -- 5.2.2 Discourse on the victory of Malazgirt: Reflection of the ideational world (discourse) and policy -- 5.2.3 Discourse on the execution of Motiur Rehman Nizami and policy -- 5.2.4 Ottoman language course: Discourse and policy -- 5.3 Discourse and policy: Moralism with outer limits -- 5.3.1 Discourse on the Lausanne Treaty: Reflection of the ideational world (discourse) and official statement (policy) -- 5.3.2 Discourse on the Uyghur Turks in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Reflection of the ideational world (discourse) and official statement (policy) -- 5.3.3 Discourse on the military presence in the region: Concurring discourse and policy -- 5.3.4 Discourse and policy: Turkey - Israel relations -- 5.3.5 Discourse and policy: The Ottoman military barracks, Taksim Mosque and Atatürk Cultural Center in Taksim -- 5.3.6 Discourse and policy: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) question and relations with Israel -- Conclusion -- 6.1 Theoretical grounding -- 6.2 Results revisited: Hypotheses -- 6.3 Concluding remarks -- Index.