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 Exchange of Populations in Turkish LiteratureLiterary Critisizm | Wednesday, 1 January 2003 First published in Crossing the Aegean, An Appraisal on the 1923 Compulsory Populations Exchange Between Greece and Turkey, Edit. Renee Hirschon, New York & Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2003. &nb... |
Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish TextbooksSchool Books-Teaching | Tuesday, 1 January 2002 Text of January 2002 - Unpublished Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish Textbooks By H. Millas ‘Ό Έλληνες λένε πως οι Τούρκοι έκαψαν τη Σμύ... |
The ‘Other’ and Nation Building - The Testimony of Greek and Turkish NovelsOn Historiography | Saturday, 1 January 2005 First published in Representations of the ‘Other/s’ in the Mediterranean World and Their Impact on the Region, Editors: Nedret Kuran-Burçoğlu & Susan Gilson Miller, The Issis Press, İstanbu... |
A silenced Aspect of ‘Peace Journalist’: The national identityGreek-Turkish Relations | Wednesday, 8 November 2006 Presentation of Dr. H. Millas – Peace Journalism Conference November 9-11/2006, Nicosia, Cyprus A silenced Aspect of ‘Peace Journalist’: The national identity &nb... |
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... |
Les romans, les femmes et les relations gréco-turquesLiterary Critisizm | Sunday, 1 August 1999 By H. Millas, in the journal 'Genese-Oluşum', France, May/August 1999 Traduction : Samim et Frédérique AKGÖNÜL Les romans, les femmes et les relations gréco-turque... |
H. Millas for HistoreinOn Historiography | Monday, 1 September 2008 H. Millas for Historein, Athens , a book review, September 2008 Tasos Kostopoulos [War and ethnic cleansing; the forgotten aspect of a decade –long national crusade, 1... |
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