Toward a Cultural History of the Cold War in Turkey

Download or read book Toward a Cultural History of the Cold War in Turkey written by Fulvio Bertuccelli and published by Sapienza Università Editrice. This book was released on 2024-12-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey’s position as the only Muslim-majority member of NATO, coupled with its pivotal role in pursuing Western interests in the Middle East and Western Europe, has attracted significant scholarly attention, particularly in the fields of diplomatic and international relations history. In contrast, the cultural and ideological dimensions of the Cold War have begun to be studied systematically only in recent years. In this light, the book is an attempt to present to an international audience some tassels of the complex mosaic of Turkey’s Cold War by focusing on its cultural and ideological dimensions. Adopting a variety of disciplinary approaches, the essays in this collection examine the interconnections between politics and culture, the anti-communist intellectual landscape, and the role of cultural production and the media, questioning how the global dynamics of the Cold War affected political, cultural, and social change in Turkey.