Occidentalism in Turkey Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) by MeltemAhiska Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by I. B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-653-8, ISBN: 1-84511-653-4
"From the early Attaturk years, Turkish radio broadcasting was seen as a great hope for sealing the national identity of the new Turkish Republic. Since the inaugural broadcast in 1927, the national elite designed radio broadcasting to represent the ""voice of a nation."" Here Meltem Ahiska reveals how radio broadcasting actually showed Turkey’s uncertainty over its position in relation to Europe. While the national elite wanted to build ..."
"Waiting for the Barbarians Intends to recover the notion of culture as a collective, hybrid and plural experience, in light of the political imperative that rules us. In bringing together some of the figures closely associated with Said and his scholarship, this volume looks at Said, the literary critic and public intellectual, Palestine, and Said's intellectual legacy. Full description"
Occidentalism in Turkey Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting by MeltemAhiska ISBN-13: 978-1-4416-7920-8, ISBN: 1-4416-7920-0
Occidentalism in Turkey Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting by MeltemAhiska Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-7556-1017-4, ISBN: 0-7556-1017-2
"1. Introduction: Radio Technology and the Imaginaries of Modernity and Nation -- 2."
Library of Modern Middle East Studies Occidentalism in Turkey : Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting by MeltemAhiska 271 Pages, Published 2010 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85771-813-6, ISBN: 0-85771-813-4
"According to Cemil Ayd›n, not only the Islamic opposition in Turkey, but also the
conflicts among Islamists and pro-Western and laique nationalists have been
legitimised by references to the West. 'Both camps produced an occidentalist
discourse of the West to formulate and legitimate their domestic reform agendas' (
C. Ayd›n 2006: 452). This complexity can be connected to the paradox that
Sayyid mentions. However, I prefer not to ca ..."
Library of Modern Middle East Studies Occidentalism in Turkey: Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting by MeltemAhiska Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-282-88108-2, ISBN: 1-282-88108-6
"Islamic but secular, ambivalent about its Ottoman past, and anxious for membership in the European Union, Turkey seems to be easily cast—in terms of its geographical and cultural situatedness—as a bridge between the East and the West. However, Relocating the Fault Lines asserts that contemporary Turkey can no longer be defined by such a simple framework. In recent decades, Turkish economy, society, and culture have undergone intense cha ..."
"6 From Auerbach to Said in Istanbul: Saidian Publishing in Turkey Tuncay Birkan
In this chapter, my point of departure will be the intricate connection between
Edward Said and Erich Auerbach. But before going into the details of this
complicated relationship, I must issue a warning from the outset and try to clarify
my own uneasy position. My text contains nothing by way of a rigorous analysis
of Said's outstanding contributions to ..."
"An influential Turkish multimedia artist, Gülsün Karamustafa’s (born 1946) painting, installation, performance art and video works address themes of gender, nomadism and pop culture. Her first monograph, Chronographia offers an overview of her oeuvre from the mid-’70s to the present."
Anda by MeltemAhiska, Sahir Erdinc Paperback, 97 Pages, Published 2008 by Everest Yayinlari ISBN-13: 978-975-289-474-7, ISBN: 975-289-474-7
"Bu kucuk kitap farkli zamanlarda ve cogufarkli mekinlarda yapilmis yazilmis resimlerle metinleri bir araya getiriyor. Onlari birbirine denk kilmak icin degil. Simdiki zamana karsi benzer bir tavir onlari bulusturan. Metinlerle resimler simdiki zamanin katmanlari ve sinirlari icine yerlesirken kendilerine ozgu bir mekin yaratabildikleri, imgeyi ve metni bu mekini tanimlayan sesle bulusturabildikleri olcude 'anda' yan yana duruyorlar. Bas ..."
Radyonun Sihirli Kapisi by MeltemAhiska Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 2005 by Metis Yayincilik ISBN-13: 978-975-342-517-9, ISBN: 975-342-517-1
"Gunumuz Turkiyesi'nde kurgu ile gercegin bu kadar siklikla karistirilmasini, birbirinin yerine konmasini nasil aciklayabiliriz? Ahiska'nin Cumhuriyetin ilk donemindeki radyo yayinciligini konu alan kitabini okudugumuzda, bir donemin iktidar kurma bicimlerinin, teknoloji ile fantazi arasindaki iliskinin bugunu etkileyis tarzini acikca gorebiliyoruz. Radyonun Sihirli Kapisi, radyo uzerine bir inceleme. Ne var ki asil gayesi radyo yayincil ..."