Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering
A proper analysis of the Events of 6/7 September requires taking into account the ethnic and religious homogenization practices of the Kemalist elite, the exceptional of democratic and financial circumstances of the 1950s and the Cyprus conflict. Furthermore, the events should be seen in connection...
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Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient
2012-04-01
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| author | Dilek Güven |
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| description | A proper analysis of the Events of 6/7 September requires taking into account the ethnic and religious homogenization practices of the Kemalist elite, the exceptional of democratic and financial circumstances of the 1950s and the Cyprus conflict. Furthermore, the events should be seen in connection to the concept of demographic engineering, defined as any deliberate state program or policy originating from religious/ethnic discrimination or initiated for political reasons which aim to increase the political and economic power of one ethnic group over others by manipulating population through various methods. Under the circumstances, could the events of 1955 be defined as a such case of demographic engineering? In order to answer to this question, this paper analyses the political circumstances in Turkey in the 1950s as a continuation of the 1930s and 1940s, and evaluates the “Events of 6/7 September” in 1955 in the context of the nationalization and homogenization of the economic sphere. It then focuses on the following judicial process, and finally on the planning of the riots, emphasizing the roles of different actors in organising the riots. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0560e8e122947e388c7fbe2e6b9f6222022-12-21T18:19:27ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462012-04-011210.4000/ejts.4538Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineeringDilek GüvenA proper analysis of the Events of 6/7 September requires taking into account the ethnic and religious homogenization practices of the Kemalist elite, the exceptional of democratic and financial circumstances of the 1950s and the Cyprus conflict. Furthermore, the events should be seen in connection to the concept of demographic engineering, defined as any deliberate state program or policy originating from religious/ethnic discrimination or initiated for political reasons which aim to increase the political and economic power of one ethnic group over others by manipulating population through various methods. Under the circumstances, could the events of 1955 be defined as a such case of demographic engineering? In order to answer to this question, this paper analyses the political circumstances in Turkey in the 1950s as a continuation of the 1930s and 1940s, and evaluates the “Events of 6/7 September” in 1955 in the context of the nationalization and homogenization of the economic sphere. It then focuses on the following judicial process, and finally on the planning of the riots, emphasizing the roles of different actors in organising the riots.http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4538CyprusDemographic engineeringKıbrıs Türktür Cemiyeti – KTCNon-Muslim minoritiesriots |
| spellingShingle | Dilek Güven Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering European Journal of Turkish Studies Cyprus Demographic engineering Kıbrıs Türktür Cemiyeti – KTC Non-Muslim minorities riots |
| title | Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering |
| title_full | Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering |
| title_fullStr | Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering |
| title_short | Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering |
| title_sort | riots against the non muslims of turkey 6 7 september 1955 in the context of demographic engineering |
| topic | Cyprus Demographic engineering Kıbrıs Türktür Cemiyeti – KTC Non-Muslim minorities riots |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4538 |
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