The dominant chronological periodization of the history of Modern Turkey is commonly based on the power time of the leaders. Such paternal period conceptualization giving priority to “statesmen”, brings the following question to the mind: “Is there a patrimonial sub- conscious in Turkish historiography?” That’s because not only in the area of political history, such approach also observable in social, economical and military history studies of Republican period can be a custom inherited from Ottoman studies giving priority to excessive power of sultans or central political authorities with reference to Weber’s concept of patrimonialism. Hence Turkish historiography has a rich literature emphasizing “powerful state tradition”. Based on the above mentioned argument, paternal and monolithic past perception is questioned in this article which is occasionally visible in historiography of modern Turkey.
Modern Türkiye tarihinin hâkim kronolojik dönemlerine bakarsak eğer, çoğunlukla devlet ya da hükümet başkanlarının iktidar sürelerinin esas alındığını görürüz. “Devletlûları” önceleyen böyle bir paternal dönem kavramsallaştırması, “Türk tarih yazıcılığında patrimonyal bir bilinçaltı mı var?” sorusunu akla getirmektedir. Çünkü siyasal tarih alanında değil sadece, yer yer Cumhuriyet dönemine ait toplumsal, iktisadi ve askeri tarih çalışmalarında da gözlemleyebileceğimiz böyle bir yaklaşım, Weber’in patrimonyalizm kavramından hareketle, padişahın ya da merkezi siyasal otoritenin aşkın iktidarını önceleyen Osmanlı çalışmalarından miras kalmış bir alışkanlık olabilir. Nitekim Türk tarihçiliği, “güçlü devlet geleneği”ni vurgulayan hayli zengin bir literatüre sahiptir. Bu makalede, modern Türkiye tarihi yazıcılığında zaman zaman görülen paternal ve monolitik geçmiş zaman algısı, yukarıdaki argümandan hareketle sorgulanmaya çalışılmaktadır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Modern Türkiye Tarihi, Devlet Adamları, Patrimonyalizm, Dönemlendirme
PERIODIZATION ISSUE of HISTORY of MODERN TURKEY
Abstract: The dominant chronological periodization of the history of Modern Turkey is commonly based on the power time of the leaders. Such paternal period conceptualization giving priority to “statesmen”, brings the following question to the mind: “Is there a patrimonial sub-conscious in Turkish historiography?” That’s because not only in the area of political history, such approach also observable in social, economical and military history studies of Republican period can be a custom inherited from Ottoman studies giving priority to excessive power of sultans or central political authorities with reference to Weber’s concept of patrimonialism. Hence Turkish historiography has a rich literature emphasizing “powerful state tradition”. Based on the above mentioned argument, paternal and monolithic past perception is questioned in this article which is occasionally visible in historiography of modern Turkey.
Keywords: History of Modern Turkey, Statesmen, Patrimonialism, Periodization
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Submission Date | October 20, 2014 |
| Publication Date | October 20, 2014 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.17497/tuhed.185613 |
| IZ | https://izlik.org/JA44UA29SU |
| Published in Issue | Year 2014 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |
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