Semih Gökatalay
Biographic Data
| ID | 693232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Semih Gökatalay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Semih |
| FAMILY NAME | Gökatalay |
| SIGNATURE | GÖKATALAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1524-7079 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Islamic Feasts as a Tool of Ottoman Public Diplomacy During the Hamidian Era, 1876–1909
This article investigates the role of Islamic feasts as a performative, versatile diplomatic tool, particularly in shaping Ottoman interactions with European powers and the United States, during the era of Sultan Abdülhamid II (r. 1876–1909), by situating religious gatherings at the nexus of religious-cultural ritual, imperial legitimacy, and diplomatic culture. Processions, public prayer, palace ceremonies, personalized meetings and luncheons, a…
The Izmir fair and public education in early republican Turkey
Held three times at irregular intervals in the 1920s, the Izmir fair became a regularly scheduled gathering after 1933. It evolved from being an exclusively economic and political meeting to becoming a space for public education. Republican elites aligned the fair with ongoing economic and cultural campaigns and ensured that the fair remained relevant to their current political and educational agendas. Officials and intellectuals reinforced state…
Women, the Jewish Palestine Pavilion, and the New York World’s Fair of 1939–1940
The Formation of Industrial Brewing and the Transfer of Knowledge and Demand in Mandatory Palestine
This article traces the development of brewing and the transfer of knowledge in Mandatory Palestine. Brewing in Palestine proceeded under the watchful eye of the mandate government. Although the reluctance of the British to endorse local enterprises inhibited the progress of beer production in the first decade of the mandate, a thriving brewing industry began to prosper and expand in the latter half of the 1930s. The Palestine Brewery Ltd. exempl…
Jewish Women and the Making of the Levant Fair in the Interwar Era
This study investigates the contribution of Jewish women to the Levant Fair during the interwar period. In its time, the Fair became one of the major outlets that permitted Jewish women to contribute to nation-building in the pre-state period, mainly due to a dearth of otherwise suitable opportunities for women. Women participation, however, neither transformed power relations between men and women, nor expanded economic and social rights availab…
Greek Orthodox Communities, Religious Festivals, and National Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire
This article investigates the extent to which religious festivals played a formative role in shaping dynamic relations between Greek Orthodox Ottomans and the Ottoman and Greek states in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A considerable number of festivals held on recurring cycles in the Ottoman Empire served as a unifying force by bringing together Greek Orthodox groups hailing from disparate geographical locations in the Ottoman…
British Colonialism and Prison Labour in Inter-War Palestine
Great Britain ruled modern-day Israel and Palestine from 1917 to 1948. The exploitation of prison labour became a source to fund its colonial government. This study explicates the economic and legal rationale for prison labour, the living and working conditions and discipline of convicts, and public debates and controversies surrounding political prisoners in Mandatory Palestine. With specific references to forced labour in the colonised world, i…
Fair Competition
This article explores the Arab Fair that took place in Jerusalem in 1933 and in 1934 from the economic and political perspectives.It foregrounds the reasons and results of the absence of a continuously held international trade fair by Arabs in Palestine within the schema of Mandatory Palestine in particular and of the post-Ottoman Balkans and Middle East in general.Although it was successful in bringing businesspeople from various parts of the Ar…
Was there room for Christian Turks in early Republican Turkey? Debates on the migration and Turkishness of the Gagauz
The article traces the debates on the migration of the Gagauz into post-Ottoman Turkey and the controversy over their ‘Turkishness’. The debates, concurrent with the migration of Muslim communities to Turkey, formed the basis of the dominant view on the Turkishness of the Gagauz in the current literature. A significant number of scholars have argued that the Gagauz were not admitted to Turkey, and, therefore, the ruling elite did not view Christi…
Celebrating ‘The Week of Domestic Goods
The study foregrounds the multifarious involvement of children in the economically nationalist campaign in interwar Turkey, with a focus on the Week of Domestic Goods. Children occupied a central place in economic nationalism both as present‐day promoters of domestic consumption and the loyal citizens and nationalist consumers of the future. The Kemalist elite sought to boost the consumption of locally made goods and reach out to the masses by mo…
Economic Nationalism of the Committee of Union and Progress Revisited
The Ottoman-Turkish historiography has been largely concerned with the economic nationalism of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), which consisted of four doctrines: elimination of foreign dominance on the Ottoman economy, removal of non-Muslims from the economic sphere, creation of a Turkish/Muslim bourgeoisie, and rapid industrialization. Through its focus on the economic activities of the Society for the Ottoman Navy, a CUP-affiliated c…
Turkey's attempts to improve its reputation during the making of the post-war Turkish-American rapprochment (1945–1950)
Making use of archival material and newspapers, this article argues that Turkish concerns over reputation played a central role for Turkey in the making of the post-War Turkish-American rapprochement. Both government and opposition parties in Turkey as well as Turkish journalists, diplomats and students who were studying in the United States waged a campaign to make Turkey appear to be a reputable, modern, and civilized ally of the United States.…
Celebrating ‘The Week of Domestic Goods
The study foregrounds the multifarious involvement of children in the economically nationalist campaign in interwar Turkey, with a focus on the Week of Domestic Goods. Children occupied a central place in economic nationalism both as present‐day promoters of domestic consumption and the loyal citizens and nationalist consumers of the future. The Kemalist elite sought to boost the consumption of locally made goods and reach out to the masses by mo…
Economic Nationalism of the Committee of Union and Progress Revisited
The Ottoman-Turkish historiography has been largely concerned with the economic nationalism of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), which consisted of four doctrines: elimination of foreign dominance on the Ottoman economy, removal of non-Muslims from the economic sphere, creation of a Turkish/Muslim bourgeoisie, and rapid industrialization. Through its focus on the economic activities of the Society for the Ottoman Navy, a CUP-affiliated c…
Turkey's attempts to improve its reputation during the making of the post-war Turkish-American rapprochment (1945–1950)
Making use of archival material and newspapers, this article argues that Turkish concerns over reputation played a central role for Turkey in the making of the post-War Turkish-American rapprochement. Both government and opposition parties in Turkey as well as Turkish journalists, diplomats and students who were studying in the United States waged a campaign to make Turkey appear to be a reputable, modern, and civilized ally of the United States.…
Economic Nationalism of the Committee of Union and Progress Revisited
The Ottoman-Turkish historiography has been largely concerned with the economic nationalism of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), which consisted of four doctrines: elimination of foreign dominance on the Ottoman economy, removal of non-Muslims from the economic sphere, creation of a Turkish/Muslim bourgeoisie, and rapid industrialization. Through its focus on the economic activities of the Society for the Ottoman Navy, a CUP-affiliated c…
Fair Competition
This article explores the Arab Fair that took place in Jerusalem in 1933 and in 1934 from the economic and political perspectives.It foregrounds the reasons and results of the absence of a continuously held international trade fair by Arabs in Palestine within the schema of Mandatory Palestine in particular and of the post-Ottoman Balkans and Middle East in general.Although it was successful in bringing businesspeople from various parts of the Ar…
Was there room for Christian Turks in early Republican Turkey? Debates on the migration and Turkishness of the Gagauz
The article traces the debates on the migration of the Gagauz into post-Ottoman Turkey and the controversy over their ‘Turkishness’. The debates, concurrent with the migration of Muslim communities to Turkey, formed the basis of the dominant view on the Turkishness of the Gagauz in the current literature. A significant number of scholars have argued that the Gagauz were not admitted to Turkey, and, therefore, the ruling elite did not view Christi…
Celebrating ‘The Week of Domestic Goods
The study foregrounds the multifarious involvement of children in the economically nationalist campaign in interwar Turkey, with a focus on the Week of Domestic Goods. Children occupied a central place in economic nationalism both as present‐day promoters of domestic consumption and the loyal citizens and nationalist consumers of the future. The Kemalist elite sought to boost the consumption of locally made goods and reach out to the masses by mo…
British Colonialism and Prison Labour in Inter-War Palestine
Great Britain ruled modern-day Israel and Palestine from 1917 to 1948. The exploitation of prison labour became a source to fund its colonial government. This study explicates the economic and legal rationale for prison labour, the living and working conditions and discipline of convicts, and public debates and controversies surrounding political prisoners in Mandatory Palestine. With specific references to forced labour in the colonised world, i…
The Formation of Industrial Brewing and the Transfer of Knowledge and Demand in Mandatory Palestine
This article traces the development of brewing and the transfer of knowledge in Mandatory Palestine. Brewing in Palestine proceeded under the watchful eye of the mandate government. Although the reluctance of the British to endorse local enterprises inhibited the progress of beer production in the first decade of the mandate, a thriving brewing industry began to prosper and expand in the latter half of the 1930s. The Palestine Brewery Ltd. exempl…
Jewish Women and the Making of the Levant Fair in the Interwar Era
This study investigates the contribution of Jewish women to the Levant Fair during the interwar period. In its time, the Fair became one of the major outlets that permitted Jewish women to contribute to nation-building in the pre-state period, mainly due to a dearth of otherwise suitable opportunities for women. Women participation, however, neither transformed power relations between men and women, nor expanded economic and social rights availab…
Greek Orthodox Communities, Religious Festivals, and National Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire
This article investigates the extent to which religious festivals played a formative role in shaping dynamic relations between Greek Orthodox Ottomans and the Ottoman and Greek states in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A considerable number of festivals held on recurring cycles in the Ottoman Empire served as a unifying force by bringing together Greek Orthodox groups hailing from disparate geographical locations in the Ottoman…
The Izmir fair and public education in early republican Turkey
Held three times at irregular intervals in the 1920s, the Izmir fair became a regularly scheduled gathering after 1933. It evolved from being an exclusively economic and political meeting to becoming a space for public education. Republican elites aligned the fair with ongoing economic and cultural campaigns and ensured that the fair remained relevant to their current political and educational agendas. Officials and intellectuals reinforced state…
Women, the Jewish Palestine Pavilion, and the New York World’s Fair of 1939–1940
Islamic Feasts as a Tool of Ottoman Public Diplomacy During the Hamidian Era, 1876–1909
This article investigates the role of Islamic feasts as a performative, versatile diplomatic tool, particularly in shaping Ottoman interactions with European powers and the United States, during the era of Sultan Abdülhamid II (r. 1876–1909), by situating religious gatherings at the nexus of religious-cultural ritual, imperial legitimacy, and diplomatic culture. Processions, public prayer, palace ceremonies, personalized meetings and luncheons, a…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Nationalism (4 works)