Umut Azak
Biographic Data
| ID | 6177733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Umut Azak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Umut |
| FAMILY NAME | Azak |
| SIGNATURE | AZAK U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Okan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘The Hagia Sophia Cause’ and the Emergence of Ottomanism in the 1950s
Focusing on the symbolism of the Hagia Sophia for the conservative nationalist movement, this article examines the emergence of Ottomanism as an attempted challenge to the Kemalist reading of Ottoman history. The Hagia Sophia, the former imperial church that was converted into a mosque by Sultan Mehmed ii and served as the imperial mosque of the Ottomans, lost its religious function and was opened as a museum in 1934 by governmental decision. Thi…
From Museum to National Temple
From Museum to National Temple:Hagia Sophia as a nationalist site of memory in the 1950s and 1960s Umut Azak (bio) KEYWORDS Hagia Sophia, Politics of Memory, Turkish Nationalism, Islamic Nationalism, Conservatism, Anti-Westernism The recent closure of the Hagia Sophia Museum and its conversion to its pre-1934 status as a mosque marked the beginning of a new phase in the history of the monument's rich symbolism. From 1950 onwards, for conservative…
M. Brett Wilson, Translating the Qur'an in an Age of Nationalism
Crossroads (1970) and the origin of Islamic Cinema in Turkey
This article focuses on Birleşen Yollar/Crossroads (Yücel Çakmaklı, 1970), which pioneered the Islamic National Cinema Movement in Turkey. The film discursively constructed Turkish secularist modernization as cosmetic Westernization and promoted the Islamic way of life as the only means to true happiness—a popular theme of Islamic cinema in the late 1980s and 1990s. Although the film-makers discursively posited it as an ‘alternative’ film, they f…
Islam and Secularism in Turkey
Kemal Ataturk's Republic of Turkey was set up in 1923 as a secular state, sweeping political, social, cultural and religious reforms followed. Islam was no longer the official religion of the state, the Sultanate was abolished and all Turkish citizens were declared equal without reference to religion. But though, in Azak's phrase, ‘secularism was the central tenet of Kemalism’, fear of a resurgent, even fanatical, Islam, continued to haunt the st…
Secularism in Turkey as a Nationalist Search for Vernacular Islam
Cet article analyse une réforme du régime kémaliste qui, dans les années 1933-1950, a imposé la récitation de l’appel à la prière en turc et a interdit la version arabe originelle. Cette réforme reflétait la pression nationaliste visant à créer un islam national non affecté par la langue et les traditions culturelles arabes. L’interdiction de l’appel à la prière en arabe faisait partie d’un programme nationaliste plus vaste qui visait à turquifie…
Secularism in Turkey as a Nationalist Search for Vernacular Islam
Cet article analyse une réforme du régime kémaliste qui, dans les années 1933-1950, a imposé la récitation de l’appel à la prière en turc et a interdit la version arabe originelle. Cette réforme reflétait la pression nationaliste visant à créer un islam national non affecté par la langue et les traditions culturelles arabes. L’interdiction de l’appel à la prière en arabe faisait partie d’un programme nationaliste plus vaste qui visait à turquifie…
Secularism in Turkey as a Nationalist Search for Vernacular Islam
Cet article analyse une réforme du régime kémaliste qui, dans les années 1933-1950, a imposé la récitation de l’appel à la prière en turc et a interdit la version arabe originelle. Cette réforme reflétait la pression nationaliste visant à créer un islam national non affecté par la langue et les traditions culturelles arabes. L’interdiction de l’appel à la prière en arabe faisait partie d’un programme nationaliste plus vaste qui visait à turquifie…
Islam and Secularism in Turkey
Kemal Ataturk's Republic of Turkey was set up in 1923 as a secular state, sweeping political, social, cultural and religious reforms followed. Islam was no longer the official religion of the state, the Sultanate was abolished and all Turkish citizens were declared equal without reference to religion. But though, in Azak's phrase, ‘secularism was the central tenet of Kemalism’, fear of a resurgent, even fanatical, Islam, continued to haunt the st…
Crossroads (1970) and the origin of Islamic Cinema in Turkey
This article focuses on Birleşen Yollar/Crossroads (Yücel Çakmaklı, 1970), which pioneered the Islamic National Cinema Movement in Turkey. The film discursively constructed Turkish secularist modernization as cosmetic Westernization and promoted the Islamic way of life as the only means to true happiness—a popular theme of Islamic cinema in the late 1980s and 1990s. Although the film-makers discursively posited it as an ‘alternative’ film, they f…
M. Brett Wilson, Translating the Qur'an in an Age of Nationalism
From Museum to National Temple
From Museum to National Temple:Hagia Sophia as a nationalist site of memory in the 1950s and 1960s Umut Azak (bio) KEYWORDS Hagia Sophia, Politics of Memory, Turkish Nationalism, Islamic Nationalism, Conservatism, Anti-Westernism The recent closure of the Hagia Sophia Museum and its conversion to its pre-1934 status as a mosque marked the beginning of a new phase in the history of the monument's rich symbolism. From 1950 onwards, for conservative…
‘The Hagia Sophia Cause’ and the Emergence of Ottomanism in the 1950s
Focusing on the symbolism of the Hagia Sophia for the conservative nationalist movement, this article examines the emergence of Ottomanism as an attempted challenge to the Kemalist reading of Ottoman history. The Hagia Sophia, the former imperial church that was converted into a mosque by Sultan Mehmed ii and served as the imperial mosque of the Ottomans, lost its religious function and was opened as a museum in 1934 by governmental decision. Thi…
Political science (6 works) · Islam (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)