History
The Young Turks and the plans for the ethnic homogenization of Anatolia
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
The Young Turks and the Plans for the Ethnic Homogenization of Anatolia Taner Akçam The French historian F. Braudel notices: “first one encounters the question of borders . . . everything else is derived from this. In order to draw a border, it is necessary to define it, to understand it, and reconstruct what that border means; beyond that it means to claim for itself a certain historical aspect.” —Hagen Schulze Introduction Turkey’s borders have changed dramatically over the last two centuries—swelling and shrinking as the Ottoman Empire rose and then declined, and as different national states emerged in the empire’s regions. This change in geographical borders necessitated a shift in thinking in Turkey. The logic of nation states is in total contradiction to the idea of empire.
Publication Title
Shatterzone of Empires Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands
Publication Date
12-1-2013
First Page
258
Last Page
279
ISBN
9780253006318
Keywords
Armenia, Armenian genocide, Middle East, World War I, genocide
Repository Citation
Akçam, Taner, "The Young Turks and the plans for the ethnic homogenization of Anatolia" (2013). History. 20.
https://commons.clarku.edu/historyfac/20
