The invisibility of Turks of African origin and the construction of Turkish cultural identity - The need for a new historiography

Durugonul E.

JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES, vol.33, no.3, pp.281-294, 2003 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0021934702238632
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.281-294
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This article analyzes the formation of national/cultural identity as well as historiography and history education in Turkey, the latter elements being fundamental to a sound understanding of identity formation in any society. African Turks, whose ancestors were brought to the Ottoman Empire at that time and of whose presence many in Turkish society today are not informed at all, are taken as an example of the elements of Turkish society that have been neglected.