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
Teaching Greek in Turkey - Some Experiences from Interethnic LearningUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Thursday, 28 April 1994 By Hercules Millas for the conference 'Cyprus in Textbooks – Textbooks in Cyprus', organized by Georg-Eckert Institut in Braunschweig, 28-30 April 1994, unpublished presentation. ... |
"Sir, why do the nationalists think like this?" - DonauAbout Minorities | Sunday, 31 December 2006 Published in Donau 2007/1 Groningen, pp.42-51 "Sir, why do the nationalists think like this?" Looking for a life in Turkey and Greece irrespective of ethnic boundaries ... |
Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish TextbooksUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Tuesday, 1 January 2002 Text of January 2002 - Unpublished Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish Textbooks By H. Millas ‘Ό Έλληνες λένε πως οι Τούρκοι έκαψαν τη Σμύ...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 ComparedOn Historiography | 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... |
Boğaziçi University and Our ReflexesSchool Books-Teaching | Friday, 26 September 2008 Today’s Zaman, 26 September 2008, Friday, Commentary, Boğaziçi University and Our Reflexes byHERKÜL MİLLAS When someone ever asks me “Where are you from?” these days I wa... |
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. ... |
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... |
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