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This volume seeks to understand more about the lives and histories of the general population of the Republic of Turkey during the years 1928 and 1945. During this period, concepts of Turkish nationalism were expounded in a top-down effort to rally the population to be united as Turks. Being a top-down effort, there needed to be mechanisms through which to transmit these concepts to the general population. This work assesses the level to which authors of indigenous Turkish detective fiction written between 1928 and 1945 attempted to aid in this process of transmission. Five series of this period are carefully analysed; the clear conclusion is that there was authorial intent to spread ideas of “Turkism” in each and every series.

Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I: 1928 to 1938
  • 2. Pire Necmi and the Mystery of the Self-hating Turk
  • 3. Homeland Security: Cem’s Detective Hero Cemal Doğan Instructs Turks How to Protect Turkish Sovereignty
  • Part II: 1939 to 1950
  • 4. Turkish and non-Turkish character traits developed in Murat Akdoğan’s detective fiction series, 1941 to 1944
  • 5. Samancıgil’s Turkish Detective Hero Hızır Kaplan and the Introduction of Rationalism and Skepticism to Turkish Youth
  • 6. Ziya Çalıkoğlu’s Feminist Detective Hero Vefa Polad
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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        Publisher: Academic Studies Press
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/11/2017
        ISBN13: 9781618116284, 978-1618116284
        ISBN10: 1618116282

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        This volume seeks to understand more about the lives and histories of the general population of the Republic of Turkey during the years 1928 and 1945. During this period, concepts of Turkish nationalism were expounded in a top-down effort to rally the population to be united as Turks. Being a top-down effort, there needed to be mechanisms through which to transmit these concepts to the general population. This work assesses the level to which authors of indigenous Turkish detective fiction written between 1928 and 1945 attempted to aid in this process of transmission. Five series of this period are carefully analysed; the clear conclusion is that there was authorial intent to spread ideas of “Turkism” in each and every series.

        Table of Contents
        • 1. Introduction
        • Part I: 1928 to 1938
        • 2. Pire Necmi and the Mystery of the Self-hating Turk
        • 3. Homeland Security: Cem’s Detective Hero Cemal Doğan Instructs Turks How to Protect Turkish Sovereignty
        • Part II: 1939 to 1950
        • 4. Turkish and non-Turkish character traits developed in Murat Akdoğan’s detective fiction series, 1941 to 1944
        • 5. Samancıgil’s Turkish Detective Hero Hızır Kaplan and the Introduction of Rationalism and Skepticism to Turkish Youth
        • 6. Ziya Çalıkoğlu’s Feminist Detective Hero Vefa Polad
        • 7. Conclusion
        • Bibliography
        • Index

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