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
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 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... |
The Contrasting Images of Greeks in Turkish Literature: Fiction versus MemoirsLiterary Critisizm | Saturday, 1 August 2009 This article appeared originally and in a different version as: ‘The Image of Greeks in Turkish Literature: Fiction and Memoirs’, in Oil on Fire?, Studien zur Internationalen Schulbuchforschung, S... |
Smyrna Fire by H. MillasOn Historiography | Monday, 30 April 2018 RT Erdogan said the the Greeks burned down İzmir (Smyrna) in 1922. Here are two article of H. Millas that reviews this historical issue: Smyrna Fire and the Arsonist: The Absentees of Tur... |
The image of the Greek minority of Istanbul in Turkish literature: past and recent tendenciesLiterary Critisizm | Monday, 29 May 2006 Published in Intercultural Aspects in and around Turkic Literatures, Matthias Kappler (ed), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2006. The image of the Greek minority of Istanbul in Turkish literatur... |
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... |
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... |
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