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Abstract
This work offers a study of the
Ottoman/Turkish image in history textbooks in Kosovo. The unit of research is
the compulsory textbooks prepared for the Albanian students in primary and
middle-degree schools in Kosovo in the year 2010-2011.
Textbooks, which usually are the first
meeting of the individual with history, are a main subject in educational
sciences due to the fact that they are the compulsory study units which are designed by the states, reflection the
“official” national histories. However, sufficient research has not been
carried on the history textbooks in Kosovo. This study, which aims to shed
light on the negative imageries in these books is inspired by the speeches made
by the Turkish Education Minister Ömer Dinçer and Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoğlu and following reflections and discussion in Kosovo in the year 2011.
The
history textbooks have been studied under the light of these discussions. The
positive and negative images about the Ottoman/Turkish image are addressed in
this study.The negative descriptions on the Ottoman administrative system
were one of the issues which required
more attention. The descriptive words for the Ottoman rule were in example:
occupier, terror, that which captures children and despotic. Especially, the
emphasize on the concepts of the occupation and the occupier are very
frequently used for the historical Ottoman era. On the contrary, he images related
to the modern Turkey and Ataturk are very positive. Turkey is pictured as a
friendly state while Atatürk is defined as a democrat patriot soldier who
fights against the Ottoman Sultan. Consequently, this situation shows the
difference between the points of view on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey and
points that the images of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey are constructed due to
the contemporary political situation.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Fatih Fuat Tuncer
This is me
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 30, 2012
Submission Date
May 25, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2012 Volume: 3 Number: 2