Toponymy is a politically and culturally significant issue. To locals, it is a sign of memory, identity, and a sense of belonging. As for the political side, it is the scope of government to implement its power and ideology. That is why toponymies may time to time encounter. While governments try to rename the toponymies, the local residents, opposing to the new name, use the old name and form an area of memory. As a result, the name becomes the subject of remembrance. The history of Imbros can be an instance on the matter. Imbros, retroceded to Turkey by Greece, but was excluded from the exchange population with Treaty of Lausanne was exposed to negative implementations. Among them were the restrictions against education in Greek language, expropriation and the foundation of Open Agricultural Prison. On the other hand, the government changed the demography of the island by bringing new settlers from Trabzon, Muğla, Burdur and Çanakkale. In this period, most of Greek islanders immigrated abroad and the Greek population became numerically a minority. In 1970 Turkish government Turkified the name of the island as Gökçeada. Before that date, Gökçeada had not had any meaning both for the locals or the new settlers. It must have been chosen to show resemblance to its neighbor island, Bozcaada. From Imbrosians’ perspective Gökçeada recalls bad memories and is not opted for usage. Imbros, on the other hand, is a part of their cultural identity and homeland. This study focuses on toponymy engineering in the case of Imbros-Gökçeada and thus it aims to understand the relation between toponymy, memory and identity.
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Konular | Antropoloji |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 28 Haziran 2021 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 6 Nisan 2021 |
Kabul Tarihi | 10 Haziran 2021 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 |
Antropoloji’de yayımlanan makaleler ve diğer yazıların tümünün yayın hakkı Creative Commons Atıf-Gayri Ticari 4.0 Uluslararası Lisansı (CC BY-NC 4.0) altında lisanslanmıştır. Yani yayımlanan makale ve diğer muhtelif yazılar, başka yayınlarda ancak uygun referans gösterilerek, lisansa bağlantı sağlanarak, değişiklik yapıldıysa belirtilerek ve ticarî amaç gütmeyerek kullanılabilirler. Kısaca yazar(lar) veya okuyucu(lar) herhangi bir maddî çıkar gözetmeksizin, Antropoloji’deki yayınları basılı ve/veya elektronik olarak çoğaltmakta ve/veya yaymakta özgürdürler. Bu durum yine de lisans sahibi olarak Antropoloji’nin sizi ve çalışmanızı onaylayacağı anlamına gelmek zorunda değildir.
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