Research Article

Türkiye'de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri

Number: 9 December 31, 2022
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Türkiye'de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri

Abstract

Formation of Collective Memory in Turkey: Commemorative Rituals for Victories of Çanakkale and Al Kut The Çanakkale War of 1915 is still the single Ottoman military victory to commemorate in modern Turkey. The date, 18th March, on which the first Ally naval attempt to pass the Dardanelles was repelled by the Ottoman Army was promulgated as the Day of Martyrs. Despite it being an Ottoman victory, the official republican historiography depicted the Çanakkale War as the source of inspiration for the War of Liberation. Furthermore, while other events marked in the national calendar gradually lost their allure, at least in the eyes of the public, the Çanakkale War has maintained its appeal in Turkey’s collective memory. While the unceasing appeal has a lot to do with the magnitude of carnage that the war inflicted on the warriors, the Çanakkale War provided Turkey’s politicians with a wide range of possibilities for the instrumentalization of the victory for political purposes. While some lauded it as the last victory attained by the Ottomans against the Western powers, others hailed it for it gave rise to the national hero, Mustafa Kemal, who would successfully lead the War of Independence. In striking contrast to the Çanakkale War, another success the Ottoman Army accomplished in 1916 against the advancing British Army in Iraq, memories of the victory of Al Kut almost immediately lost their appeal and failed to survive the republican era. After being remembered and commemorated for a couple of years in the frame of the centennial anniversary of the Great War, the victory of Al Kut seems to have been forgotten again. After summarizing what happened in theatres of war in Çanakkale and Al Kut, the present study aims to highlight commemorative activities and narratives formed around these two victories and the way in which they changed or disappeared, as were the case with the commemorations of Al Kut. The study argues that official narratives and activities to commemorate past victories resonate with shifting priorities of parties in power or influential socio-political movements.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2022

Submission Date

September 9, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 5, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 9

APA
Özcan, G. (2022). Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri. Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies, 9, 39-85. https://doi.org/10.56679/balkar.1173135
AMA
1.Özcan G. Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri. BALKAR. 2022;(9):39-85. doi:10.56679/balkar.1173135
Chicago
Özcan, Gencer. 2022. “Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale Ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri”. Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies, nos. 9: 39-85. https://doi.org/10.56679/balkar.1173135.
EndNote
Özcan G (December 1, 2022) Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri. Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies 9 39–85.
IEEE
[1]G. Özcan, “Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri”, BALKAR, no. 9, pp. 39–85, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.56679/balkar.1173135.
ISNAD
Özcan, Gencer. “Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale Ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri”. Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies. 9 (December 1, 2022): 39-85. https://doi.org/10.56679/balkar.1173135.
JAMA
1.Özcan G. Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri. BALKAR. 2022;:39–85.
MLA
Özcan, Gencer. “Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale Ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri”. Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies, no. 9, Dec. 2022, pp. 39-85, doi:10.56679/balkar.1173135.
Vancouver
1.Gencer Özcan. Türkiye’de Toplumsal Belleğin Oluşumu: Çanakkale ve KutülAmare Zaferleri Anma Törenleri. BALKAR. 2022 Dec. 1;(9):39-85. doi:10.56679/balkar.1173135