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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Published in:	Linguaculture
Main Author:	Morrow Lisa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2016-06-01
Subjects:	Suleyman Apaydin Mustafa Kemal Ataturk sacred secular divide Turkishness Turkish identity
Online Access:	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2016.2016.issue-1/lincu-2016-0006/lincu-2016-0006.xml?format=INT