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
History Writing among the Greeks and Turks: Imagining the Self and the OtherOn Historiography | Tuesday, 1 January 2008 First published in The Contested Nation – Ethinicity, Class, Religion and Gender in National Histories, Edit. Stefan. Berger and Chris Lorenz, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, 2008. ... |
History Textbooks in Greece and TurkeyOn Historiography | Sunday, 31 March 1991 History Workshop, Issue 31, Spring 1991, England (pp. 22-33) History Textbooks in Greece and Turkey by Hercules Millas This essay is based on a study of history textbooks used in primary schools in. G... |
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... |
Friendship among people or between nations? – The Case of Greeks and TurksUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Friday, 14 October 2011 Special opening lecture at the “5th Turkish-Greek Rheumatology Days” meeting, Cornelia Diamond Resort, Antalya, 14 October 2011. Friendship among people or between nations?... |
Literature as a Mirror of National Prejudices and Stereotypes: The Greek and Turkish Cases in ComparisonUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Monday, 1 November 2010 By H. Millas – Lecture “A” in the USA, University of Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2010 DRAFT ONLY Literature as a Mirror of National Prejudices and Stereotypes: The Greek and ... |
The Greek-Turkish Relations and the Young PeopleUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Wednesday, 1 September 2004 Prepared by Hercules Millas – on request of Burcu Becermen An Intervention in a Youth Organization Workshop September 2004 The Greek-Turkish Relations and the Young People ... |
Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish TextbooksLiterary Critisizm | 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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