Bringing the Empire Back In: The Gradual Discovery of the Ottoman Empire in Turkish Foreign Policy


This article traces the emergence of references to the Ottoman Empire in the discourse and practice of Turkish foreign policy since the late 1940s. It argues that present-day emphasis on the Ottoman Empire and its legacy in Turkey has not happened in a vacuum, but rather has been a gradual process t...

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Main Author: Yanık, Lerna K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2016, Volume: 56, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 466-488
Further subjects:B Turkey
 Ottoman Empire
 uses of history
 foreign policy
 neo-Ottomanism politics of time
 Ottomanism

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