Narratives, rituals and spaces of the Independence War: the commemorative landscape in early Republican Türkiye

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2023-10

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Yurdaçalış, Nur Elif

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This study investigates how societies choose to remember 'modern' wars and utilize those memories for political and cultural purposes. Therefore, this study encompasses various aspects of the issue, including its role in shaping collective identities, such as nation-building, while also analyzing the nature of war commemoration. The act of 're-membering' wars will be analyzed through its commemorative landscape, which is divided into three components: narratives, spaces, and rituals. In this analysis, the investigation is primarily focused on comprehending the initial construction of the commemorative landscape linked with the Independence War spanning the period between the 1920s, which coincides with the foundation of the Turkish Republic, and the 1940s when the mausoleum of the Republic's leader was to be constructed. Through an exploration of the expanded spatial and ritualistic boundaries covering the entirety of the nation's landscape concerning this distinct form of memory in Türkiye, the aim is to shed light on the interplay between the national narrative that is the basis of the new state, and the spaces and rituals of commemoration of the Independence War that were active in the nation-building process.

Subject Keywords

Independence, Memory, Nation, Monument, Türkiye

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/105549

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis