Searching for the roots of present Turkey, by Etienne Copeaux
As I have shown in the previous article, the celebration of the Fetih gets a complex meaning during the 90s, since the anniversary also expresses a political claim on the part of the Islamist movement. With the victory of the Refah party in the 1994 municipal...
Just as any commemoration, that of the capture of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453 reflects the political atmosphere of the moment. Such a celebration is in itself a language, not only by the speeches delivered but by the ceremonial itself,...