Embedded Turkification
Nation Building and Violence within the Framework of the League of Nations 1919–1937
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolin Liebisch-Gümüş (0000-0003-4850-0998, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-244 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743819000904 |
| OpenAlex | W3018467117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
This article traces intersections between Turkey's relations with the League of Nations and violent homogenization in Anatolia in the two decades following World War I. It advances the argument that the strife for creating a homogenous population—a core element of Turkish nation building—was embedded in the international order. This is explained on two levels. First, the article stresses the role of international asymmetries on the mental horizon of the Turkish nation builders. The League's involvement in the allied plans to partition Turkey had the organization wrapped up in a mélange of humanitarian concerns, civilizing doctrine, and imperialist interests. Turkish nationalists wanted to avoid those imperialist pitfalls and overcome international minority protection by means of Turkification. They saw international humanitarianism as an obstacle to their nationalist line. Second, the article highlights the ways in which the League itself supported the Kemalists’ drive for Turkification, either directly, especially in the case of the “population transfer” between Greece and Turkey, or indirectly through prioritizing Turkey's sovereignty over minority concerns
Development economics · Doctrine · Economics · Economy · League · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Sovereignty · Turkish · Demography · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |