To rediscover New Turkey
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
Bilingualism and national identity: Prestigious versus unprestigious languages
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.
Smyrna Fire by H. Millas
RT Erdogan said the the Greeks burned down İzmir (Smyrna) in 1922. Here are two article of H. Millas that reviews this historical issue:
Underdevelopment
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
Friendship among people or between nations? – The Case of Greeks and Turks
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
H.M Articles
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Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish TextbooksLiterary Critisizm | Tuesday, 1 January 2002 Text of January 2002 - Unpublished Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish Textbooks By H. Millas ‘Ό Έλληνες λένε πως οι Τούρκοι έκαψαν τη Σμύ... |
History Teaching and the formation of National Identity: The Greek and Turkish Case ComparedGreek-Turkish Relations | Sunday, 31 October 2010 By H. Millas – Lecture “B” in the USA, University of Tuscon, Arizona and University of Brown, Rhode Island, November 2010 DRAFT ONLY History Teaching and the formation of National Identit... |
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? &... |
Teaching ReligionSchool Books-Teaching | Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Today’s Zaman, 18 August 2010, Commentary Teaching Religion by HERKÜL MİLLAS Generally five different approaches are proposed when the teaching of religion in public schools is being... |
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... |
AN ANATOLIAN ANECDOTEUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Thursday, 29 May 2003 The presentation of Dr. Hercules Millas at the International Conference The Cultural Potential of the Balkan Countries as a Factor of Development, organized by Balkan Political Club - Istanbul 29 May/... |
A concealed political debate - and ‘borrowings’ - in Greek and Turkish textsOn Historiography | Friday, 19 March 2004 Presentation of Hercules Millas in the ‘Literary/cultural Festival’, Thessaloniki/Istanbul – March 19/24/2004. A concealed political debate - and ‘borrowings’ - in Greek an... |
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