The Armenian genocide and Turkey : public memory and institutionalized denial / Hakan Seckinelgin.
| Author/creator | Seckinelgin, Hakan, 1969- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2024. |
| Description | xi, 209 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Public memory and institutionalized denial |
| Series | Armenians in the modern and early modern world Armenians in the modern and early modern world. ^A1435543 |
| Contents | The Memory Machine : The Armenian Genocide in Turkey -- Commemorating the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide : 24 April 2015 -- Public Memory and the Mass Media -- Formal Education : Creating Citizens -- Educating the Public. |
| Abstract | "How is official denial of the Armenian genocide maintained in Turkey? In this book, Hakan Seckinelgin investigates the mechanisms by which denial of the events of 1915 are reproduced in official discourse, and the effect this has on Turkish citizens. Examining state education, media discourse, academic publications, as well as public events debating the Armenian genocide, the book argues that, at the public level, there exists a 'grammar' or 'repertoire' of denial in Turkey which regulates how the issue can be publicly conceptualised and understood. The book's careful analysis examines the way that knowledge about the genocide is censored in Turkey, from the language that must be used to publicly discuss it, to the complex way in which selective knowledge and erased history is reproduced, from 1915 and subsequent generations until today. It argues that denialism has become important to a certain kind Turkish national identity and belonging - and suggests ways in which this relationship can be unpicked in future"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Seckinelgin, Hakan, 1969- Armenian genocide and Turkey London ; New York : I.B Tauris, 2024 9780755653621 |
| LCCN | 2023036820 |
| ISBN | 9780755653614 |
| ISBN | 0755653610 |
| ISBN | 9780755653652 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0755653653 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (epdf) |
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