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Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle Cyprus, Greece and Turkey

This new volume published by Palgrave contains a chapter co-authored by me: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey: Modernity, Enlightenment, Westernization; S.A.Sofos & U.Özkırımlı



Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle
Cyprus, Greece and Turkey
Edited by Ayhan Aktar, Niyazi Kızılyürek and Umut Özkırımlı
Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle is the first systematic study of nationalism in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey to date in the English language. Bringing scholars from Greece, Turkey and both sides of the dead zone in Cyprus (and beyond) together, the book provides a comparative account of nation-building processes and nationalist politics in all three countries and four cases as well as more specific, thematic comparisons of political leaderships, institutions and foreign policies in what obstinately remains a playground of competing nationalisms. It also engages critically with official myths and narratives in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey and questions traditional nationalist discourses.


Contents

Foreword; A.Aktar, N.Kızılyürek & U.Özkırımlı
Introduction; Bringing History back into Nationalism?; J.Breuilly
TURKISH AND GREEK NATIONALISMS: PAST AND PRESENT
Conversion of 'Country' into a 'Fatherland': The Case of Turkification Examined, 1923-1934; A.Aktar
The Use and Abuse of Archaeology and Anthropology in Formulating Turkish National Narrative; S.Aydın
Turkish Nationalism Reconsidered: The 'Heaviness' of State-patriotism in Nation-Building; G.G.Özdoğan
Dismantling the Millet: Religion and National Identity in Contemporary Greece; R.Hirschon
Nationalism in Greece and Turkey: Modernity, Enlightenment, Westernization; S.A.Sofos & U.Özkırımlı
The Case of Andrea Mustoxidi and the Early-Nineteenth-Century Heptanesians of Italy; K.Zanou
Narratives of Diplomats: Representations of Nationalism and of Turkish Foreign Policy in Cyprus, 1970-1991; G.İnanç
Alternative Forms of Nationalism: Superiority through Law in Greek Foreign Policy; H.Tzimitras
NATIONALISM IN CYPRUS: PAST AND PRESENT
History, Myth and Nationalism: The Retrospective Force of National Roles through Mythical Past; M.Michael
Securing the Office of Müftü: Nationalism, Religion, and the Turks of Cyprus; A.Nevzat
Rauf Denktaş: Fear and Nationalism in Turkish Cypriot Community; N.Kızılyürek
The Complexities of Greek Nationalism in its Cypriot Version; S.Anagnostopoulou
The Referendum of April 24, 2004; C.Mavratsas
AKEL: Between Nationalism and 'Anti-imperialism'; S.Tombazos

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