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
Native Language and DemagogueryAbout Minorities | Thursday, 14 October 2010 Native Language and Demagoguery by Herkül Millas 15 October 2010, Today’s Zaman, Commentary When is demagoguery necessary? When we are wrong or when we cannot defend our point. In short, when we fe... |
Bilingualism and national identity: Prestigious versus unprestigious languagesSchool Books-Teaching | Thursday, 28 February 2019 H. Millas, 2 November 2019, in the meeting: Institute for Literature – BAS, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” and Institut Français : “Bilingualism. The language as lieu de mem... |
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... |
Tormented Greeks and Turks (finally) cooperateOn Historiography | Monday, 1 December 2008 Review by Dr. Hercules Millas for South European Society & Politics: Umut Özkırımlı and Spyros A. Sofos, Tormented by History, Nationalism in Greece and Turkey, Hurst & Company, London: 20... |
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... |
A silenced aspect of the ‘peace journalist’: his/her national identityUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Thursday, 9 November 2006 Presentation of Dr. H. Millas – Peace Journalism Conference November 9-11/2006, Nicosia, Cyprus A silenced aspect of the ‘peace journalist’: his/her national identity &... |
The Strategy of Turkey in the Middle EastUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Monday, 20 November 2017 Written by Hercules (Iraklis) Millas for World Orders Forum- 9 November 2017 http://wgresearch.org/the-world-orders-forum/ The Strategy of Turkey in the Middle East  ... |
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