Turkish History Revisited: Uniting or Polarizing?

German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 30, 2013, 4 p.

Diba Nigar Göksel *

In and around Turkey, both the dark and glorious pages of Ottoman and Republican Turkish history are being evoked in parallel battles. How the political leadership reframes various pages of Turkish history sheds light not only on the ongoing re-conceptualization of Turkish identity and domestic power struggles, but also on Ankara’s regional strategic vision and strategy.

* Diba Nigar Göksel is editor-in-chief of Turkish Policy Quarterly. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of GMF.

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