Turkey in the Cold War

Ideology and Culture
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-45990-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

This volume examines the cultural and ideological dimensions of the Cold War in Turkey. Departing from the conventional focus on diplomacy and military, the collection focuses on Cold War's impact on Turkish society and intellectuals. It includes chapters on media and propaganda, literature, sports, as well as foreign aid and assistance.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Konu, C Örnek

Sunar, Ç Üngör

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction - Turkey's Cold War: Global Influences, Local Reflections; Cangül Örnek and Ça?da? Üngör PART I: PROPAGANDA AND DISCOURSE 1. Cold War in the Pulpit: The Presidency of Religious Affairs and Sermons during the Time of Anarchy and Communist Threat; Ceren Kenar and Do?an Gürp?nar 2. China and the Turkish Public Opinion during the Cold War: The Case of Cultural Revolution (1966-69); Ça?da? Üngör 3. Cultural Cold War at the ?zmir International Fair: 1950s-1960s; Sezgi Durgun 4. Engagement of a Communist Intellectual in the Cold War Ideological Struggle: Naz?m Hikmet's 1951 Bulgaria Visit; Gözde Somel and Nesli?ah Ba?aran PART II: CULTURE AND SPORT 5. Issues of Ideology and Identity in Turkish Literature during the Cold War; Çimen Günay Erkol 6. 'The Populist Effect': Promotion and Reception of American Literature in Turkey in the 1950s; Cangül Örnek 7. From Battlefields to Football Fields: Turkish Sports Diplomacy in the Post-World War II Period; Da?han Irak PART III: FOREIGN AID AND ASSISTANCE 8. Land-Grant Education in Turkey: Atatürk University and American Technical Assistance, 1954-68; Richard Garlitz 9. Negotiating an Institutional Framework for Turkey's Marshall Plan: Conditions and Limits of Power Inequalities; Burçak Keskin Kozat

Über Autor(innen)

Nesli?ah Leman Ba?aran, PhD Student, Strasbourg University, France
Sezgi Durgun, Lecturer, Marmara University, Turkey
Çimen Günay Erkol, Assistant Professor, Ozyegin University, Turkey
Richard Garlitz, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA
Do?an Gürp?nar, Lecturer, Fatih University, Turkey
Da?han Irak, independent researcher and a sports writer
Ceren Kenar, PhD Student, American University of Beirut
Burçak Keskin-Kozat, Associate Director, Stanford University, USA
Gözde Somel, PhD Student, Middle East Technical University, Turkey