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Searching for the roots of present Turkey, by Etienne Copeaux


A New Issue of "Taksim! Chypre divisée" A New Issue of "Taksim! Chypre divisée" COPEAUX, Étienne ; MAUSS-COPEAUX, Claire. Taksim ! Chypre divisée, 1964-2005. Nouvelle édition. Paris : Presses de l’Inalco, 2023 (généré le 05 avril 2023). Online : . ISBN : 9782858314225. DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pressesinalco.46238.... Lire la suite
Ottoman Past and Hyper-Reactivity to History, 1996-1998 Ottoman Past and Hyper-Reactivity to History, 1996-1998 [Originally published in French on March 13, 2013, on susam-sokak.fr, under the title “Nous sommes les petits-enfants des Ottomans” https://www.susam-sokak.fr/article-esquisse-n-36-les-ottomans-ne-passeront-pas-116237146.html] An unimportant, rather pleasant... Lire la suite
Torrents of Tears Torrents of Tears During the 90s, the war had entered everybody's life in Turkey, even for those living far away from the clashes; war had become an almost everyday “ground noise” made of signs and icons, at the least. It had taken away young men and sent back coffins.... Lire la suite
A 'Discourse of Truth' from the Turkish State on the Kurds A 'Discourse of Truth' from the Turkish State on the Kurds [Published in French on susam-sokak.fr on January 19, 2013] At the end of April 1998, the General Staff of the Turkish Army organized, on the premises of the Ziraat Bank on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, an exhibition on " The Turkish Armed Forces in their... Lire la suite
The Fetih and the Genocide. The "Displacement" of a Nightmare The Fetih and the Genocide. The "Displacement" of a Nightmare Is the commemoration of the Conquest of Constantinople, with its pomp, military parades, mehter music, beautiful costumes and glorious speeches, the impossible celebration of the ethnic cleansing of the country during the 20th century? (This article is... Lire la suite
1996-1997 - Erdoğan, Erbakan and the Conquest of Constantinople 1996-1997 - Erdoğan, Erbakan and the Conquest of Constantinople 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... Lire la suite
The Conquest of Constantinople: How Emerge the Meanings of a Commemoration (1953-1994) The Conquest of Constantinople: How Emerge the Meanings of a Commemoration (1953-1994) 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,... Lire la suite
What the Genocide Did to Turkey What the Genocide Did to Turkey Based on the hypothesis of the existence among the Turkish population of a generalized feeling of guilt, consecutive to the genocide of 1915, I reconsider here nationalism and the writing of history in Turkey (even in their excessive characters) as effects... Lire la suite
Anatolia Settles in Town Anatolia Settles in Town [This paper was first published in French in susam-sokak.fr, on December 24, 2014 - https://www.susam-sokak.fr/2014/12/l-anatolie-en-ville.html] During the 1990s, Turkish daily newspapers sometimes presented on the front page a photograph taken in a very... Lire la suite
Goddess Zilan. A Dive into PKK's Mythology Goddess Zilan. A Dive into PKK's Mythology In the preceding article on the suicide attack of June 1996, the first committed by the PKK on Turkish soil, I focused on the fact itself, mainly using a set of press articles gathered at the time of the event. In 2015, almost twenty years after the suicide... Lire la suite
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