Research Article

Islamophobic Tendencies And The Otherized Ottoman In Theater Plays From The Ottoman Empire To The Republic (1860-1950)

Volume: 22 Number: 2 September 30, 2022
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Islamophobic Tendencies And The Otherized Ottoman In Theater Plays From The Ottoman Empire To The Republic (1860-1950)

Abstract

Islamophobia has been among the most emphasized concepts in various parts of the world for almost a quarter of a century, especially in the West. The idea, similarly discussed in Islamic countries, draws attention as a product of understandings in which orientalist and self-orientalist perspectives are determinant. Based on the alterity and hostility of a particular segment through the production of a fictionalized image, this approach is the name of an attitude and behavior that has continued in Turkey since the Tanzimat Period. The attempts to ensure that the masses accept the official (Kemalist) ideology in the nation-identity building process, which started mainly after the establishment of the Republic, entails the otherization of "Ottoman" and "Islam" and injecting Islamophobic elements into the masses and revealing the negative image of Islam were among the most used strategies. At this point, it can be asserted that art, in particular, and theater, in general, were strongly instrumentalized, and the texts of the plays were structured directly or indirectly with Islamophobic tendencies for this purpose. Thus, this situation, predominant in the early phase of the Republic, continued to be the dominant tendency of humorous plays in the later periods.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies , Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 30, 2022

Submission Date

April 22, 2022

Acceptance Date

September 25, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 22 Number: 2

ISNAD
Aydemir, Bünyamin. “Islamophobic Tendencies And The Otherized Ottoman In Theater Plays From The Ottoman Empire To The Republic (1860-1950)”. Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 22/2 (September 1, 2022): 1119-1152. https://doi.org/10.33415/daad.1107823.

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