Kezer, Zeynep, author.

Building modern Turkey : state, space, and ideology in the early republic / Zeynep Kezer.

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]

xii, 330 pages ; 26 cm.

Culture politics and the built environment

"Building Modern Turkey offers a critical account of how the built environment mediated Turkey's transition from a pluralistic (multiethnic and multireligious) empire into a modern, homogenized nation-state following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. Zeynep Kezer argues that the deliberate dismantling of ethnic and religious enclaves and the spatial practices that ensued were as integral to conjuring up a sense of national unity and facilitating the operations of a modern nation-state as were the creation of a new capital, Ankara, and other sites and services that embodied a new modern way of life. The book breaks new ground by examining both the creative and destructive forces at play in the making of modern Turkey and by addressing the overwhelming frictions during this profound transformation and their long-term consequences. By considering spatial transformations at different scales--from the experience of the individual self in space to that of international geopolitical disputes--Kezer also illuminates the concrete and performative dimensions of fortifying a political ideology, one that instills in the population a sense of membership in and allegiance to the nation above all competing loyalties and ensures its longevity"-- Provided by publisher.

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Architecture and state Turkey History 20th century.
Architecture and society Turkey History 20th century.
Space (Architecture) Political aspects Turkey History 20th century.
Space (Architecture) Social aspects Turkey History 20th century.
Nationalism and architecture Turkey History 20th century.
Nation-state Social aspects Turkey History 20th century.
Ideology Political aspects Turkey History 20th century.
Social change Turkey History 20th century.
Cultural pluralism Turkey History 20th century.
ARCHITECTURE History Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
HISTORY Asia Southeast Asia.
Architecture and society
Architecture and state
Cultural pluralism
Ideology Political aspects
Nationalism and architecture
Politics and government
Social change
Space (Architecture) Social aspects
Architektur
Städtebau
Identität
Modernisierung
Nationalbewusstsein
Nationalismus
Nationalstaat
Politiska förhållanden historia.
Rummet (arkitektur) politiska aspekter historia.
Turkey Politics and government 1918-1960.
Turquie Politique et gouvernement 1918-1960.
Turkey
Türkei

History

Culture, politics, and the built environment.

Location: Library main 300007
Call No.: BIB 246165
Status: Available