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
Native Language and DemagogueryAbout Minorities | Thursday, 14 October 2010 Native Language and Demagoguery by Herkül Millas 15 October 2010, Today’s Zaman, Commentary When is demagoguery necessary? When we are wrong or when we cannot defend our point. In short, when we fe... |
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... |
Reciprocity in National ParadigmAbout Minorities | Wednesday, 6 July 2005 Published in Samim Akgönül (edit.) Reciprocity, Greek and Turkish Minorities, Law, Religion and Politics, Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2008. Presentation in Afemam, Atelier 12, Strasbour... |
A ‘Rum’ in Robert College in the Years 1955-1965Unpublished Presentations-Lectures | Friday, 18 November 2005 By H. Millas in the Conference “Not the Least Among Many: The Greeks at Robert College”, Istanbul, Boğaziçi Unıversity, 19 November 2005. A ‘Rum’ in Robert College in the Years 1955-... |
From Ottomanism to New-Ottomanism: Strategic Depth as a new synthesisUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Friday, 5 October 2012 Presentation at the conference “Balkan Worlds: Ottoman past and Balkan Nationalisms” organized by The Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia in collaboration wi... |
Tormented Greeks and Turks (finally) cooperateOn Historiography | Monday, 1 December 2008 Review by Dr. Hercules Millas for South European Society & Politics: Umut Özkırımlı and Spyros A. Sofos, Tormented by History, Nationalism in Greece and Turkey, Hurst & Company, London: 20... |
ALL Todays ZamanArticles In Today's Zaman | Sunday, 22 January 2017 Starting from 2002 and until March 2016 396 commentaries of mine were published in Zaman newspaper in Turkish. Fifty seven of these articles were published in Today’s Zaman in English, too. These ar... |
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