An unproductive way to start an analysis on Turkey is to give precedence to prior knowledge. Turkey has changed so much the last few years that what was known until
Languages which until the 18th and 19th century were only tools to communicate attained new roles with the appearance of the nation-states and nationalism. They were associated to national identity.
RT Erdogan said the the Greeks burned down İzmir (Smyrna) in 1922. Here are two article of H. Millas that reviews this historical issue:
The underdeveloped nature of the Ottoman state has been so over-discussed that it is hard to add anything new to the discussion. Still, I am going to try. While I don’t necessarily know anything about what was, I do
I feel honoured that I am invited to speak at this meeting about Greeks and Turks. I have spent a large part of my life opposing the agents as well as the understanding that caused the enmity, the hostility, even
The role of literature in improving international relationsUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Monday, 2 September 2002 Presentation of Iraklis (Hercules) Millas in the international symposium “Prose in South-Eastern Europe” organized by the Hellenic Authors Society - Rhodes, 2/3-9-2002 The role of literatur... |
The (everlasting) ethnic dimension in mass media: The case of Greece and TurkeyUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Monday, 15 September 2003 Presentation of Dr. Hercules Millas - Istanbul (15/9/2003) The (everlasting) ethnic dimension in mass media: The case of Greece and Turkey Introduction: Who Is The Speaker? &... |
The role of literature in improving international relationsUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Tuesday, 3 September 2002 Presentation of Iraklis (Hercules) Millas in the international symposium “Prose in South-Eastern Europe” organized by the Hellenic Authors Society - Rhodes, 2/3-9-2002 The role of literatur... |
Perceptions of Conflict: Greeks and Turks in each other’s mirrorsOn Historiography | Friday, 31 July 2009 Published in In the Long Shadow of Europe, Greeks and Turks in the Era of Postnationalism, Edit by O. Anastasakis, K. Nicolaidis, K. Öktem, Martinus Nijhoff, 2009. Perceptions of ... |
Literary Canons and Promising Challenges: Greek and Turkish NovelsLiterary Critisizm | Saturday, 1 October 2005 By Dr. Hercules Millas –Workshop of Sofia, 1-2nd October 2005. Published in Balkan Literatures in the Era of Nationalim, Edit: Murat Belge & Jale Parla, Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2008. &n... |
Non-Muslim Minorities in the Historiography of Republican Turkey: The Greek CaseAbout Minorities | Thursday, 30 May 2002 First published in The Ottomans and the Balkans – A Discussion of Historiography, (Edit) Fikret Adanır & Suraiya Faroqhi, Brill, Leiden/Boston/Köln, 2002. Non-Muslim Minorities in the Hi... |
Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish TextbooksOn Historiography | Tuesday, 1 January 2002 Text of January 2002 - Unpublished Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish Textbooks By H. Millas ‘Ό Έλληνες λένε πως οι Τούρκοι έκαψαν τη Σμύ... |
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