Crossing the Sacred/Secular Divide; Unraveling Turkish Identities
This paper unpacks the ideas in the poem “Pull Down My Statues” by Süleyman Apaydın, to examine some common descriptors in use about modern Turkey. Taking his inspiration from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic, Apaydın ponders the success of Atatürk’s vision, based on...
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| Language: | English |
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2016-06-01
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| Series: | Linguaculture |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2016.2016.issue-1/lincu-2016-0006/lincu-2016-0006.xml?format=INT |