Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934)
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how immigration-settlement policies were employed by post-Lausanne Turkey to create a homogenous nation-state. Focusing on the incorporation of immigrants in the period of 1923-1934, the paper argues that the state policies of migration and settlement pursued...
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Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient
2008-01-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Turkish Studies |
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| author | Erol Ülker |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how immigration-settlement policies were employed by post-Lausanne Turkey to create a homogenous nation-state. Focusing on the incorporation of immigrants in the period of 1923-1934, the paper argues that the state policies of migration and settlement pursued two primary objectives that were closely connected with the nationalizing measures. They were carried out for the assimilation of non-Turkish-speaking Muslims on the one hand, and for the Turkification of Kurdish-populated eastern provinces on the other. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e0b27f99cb84829953888fdda1cd4f72022-12-21T20:00:17ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462008-01-0110.4000/ejts.822Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934)Erol ÜlkerThe aim of this paper is to demonstrate how immigration-settlement policies were employed by post-Lausanne Turkey to create a homogenous nation-state. Focusing on the incorporation of immigrants in the period of 1923-1934, the paper argues that the state policies of migration and settlement pursued two primary objectives that were closely connected with the nationalizing measures. They were carried out for the assimilation of non-Turkish-speaking Muslims on the one hand, and for the Turkification of Kurdish-populated eastern provinces on the other.http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/822 |
| spellingShingle | Erol Ülker Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934) European Journal of Turkish Studies |
| title | Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934) |
| title_full | Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934) |
| title_fullStr | Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934) |
| title_short | Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934) |
| title_sort | assimilation of the muslim communities in the first decade of the turkish republic 1923 1934 |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/822 |
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