Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione

This article focuses on the problematic silence which characterizes the existence of the Jews in the Turkish public sphere. This silence permeates the period of the transition from the Empire to the Republic: under the latter, it becomes instrumental in the construction of a narrative of a long and...

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Main Author: Ayşe Saraçgil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-05-01
Series:Lea
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/7567
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description This article focuses on the problematic silence which characterizes the existence of the Jews in the Turkish public sphere. This silence permeates the period of the transition from the Empire to the Republic: under the latter, it becomes instrumental in the construction of a narrative of a long and unproblematic coexistence with the Turkish nation, producing an image of the Jews as the only non-Muslim population to have serenely traversed the transition and settled into the nation. This article starts from a reflection on the few literary traces, such as the works of Sevim Burak and Mario Levi, which emerged during the last decades of the 20th century. Consequently, through a re-reading of the historical formation of Turkish nationalism, the silence of the Jews is understood as the effect of the traumatic exclusion inflicted by the assimilatory character of this nationalism.
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spelling doaj.art-ba046b268acb48e083c636dc5799d6932022-12-22T00:26:02ZengFirenze University PressLea1824-484X2014-05-01210.13128/LEA-1824-484x-1375412349Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazioneAyşe Saraçgil0Università di FirenzeThis article focuses on the problematic silence which characterizes the existence of the Jews in the Turkish public sphere. This silence permeates the period of the transition from the Empire to the Republic: under the latter, it becomes instrumental in the construction of a narrative of a long and unproblematic coexistence with the Turkish nation, producing an image of the Jews as the only non-Muslim population to have serenely traversed the transition and settled into the nation. This article starts from a reflection on the few literary traces, such as the works of Sevim Burak and Mario Levi, which emerged during the last decades of the 20th century. Consequently, through a re-reading of the historical formation of Turkish nationalism, the silence of the Jews is understood as the effect of the traumatic exclusion inflicted by the assimilatory character of this nationalism.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/7567JewsMario LeviTurkish languageTurkish literature
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Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
Lea
Jews
Mario Levi
Turkish language
Turkish literature
title Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
title_full Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
title_fullStr Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
title_full_unstemmed Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
title_short Silenzio del trauma; nazionalismo turco, ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
title_sort silenzio del trauma nazionalismo turco ebrei e politiche di turchificazione
topic Jews
Mario Levi
Turkish language
Turkish literature
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/7567
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