2011/03/21 by Aslı Çırakman · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Turkey's Politics and Society #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Balkans: History, Politics, Society #Nationalism #Turkish #Ethnocentrism #Gender studies #Media studies #Sociology #History #Political science #Law #Anthropology #Linguistics
paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2011.556746
openalex publication_date 2011/03/21 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
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.