THE DARK SHADOW OF THE LIBERAL NARRATIVE IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE OTTOMAN PRESS

Cem Evrim Aslan

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THE DARK SHADOW OF THE LIBERAL NARRATIVE IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE OTTOMAN PRESS

Yazarlar:

Cem Evrim Aslan

Yayıncı:

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Ana Başlıklar:

Basın Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Akademik Dergisi Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.149-164

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001337459

pISSN:

2822-5422

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Özet:

 There are some stereotypical assumptions in the study of Ottoman press history. These assumptions are mainly based on the late arrival of the printing press in the country, the absence of a European-style urban bourgeoisie, low literacy rates and the weakness of the press because modernization was top-down. In essence, these conclusions stem from the liberal historiographical tradition which sees history as a straight line of progress, capitalization and emancipation. This narrative which emerged in England as liberal press theory -the WhigLiberal narrative- was added to methodological nationalism with the paradigm of regression in Ottoman historiography and in debates on Ottoman Turkish modernization it is often repeated that the press was an ineffective extension of political events, established by top-down interventions as a result of external developments. This study, therefore discusses the main problems of the liberal narrative tradition in the historiography of the Ottoman press through content analysis and attempts to show the important common problems that the liberal narrative poses for the historiography of the Ottoman press.

 There are some stereotypical assumptions in the study of Ottoman press history. These assumptions are mainly based on the late arrival of the printing press in the country, the absence of a European-style urban bourgeoisie, low literacy rates and the weakness of the press because modernization was top-down. In essence, these conclusions stem from the liberal historiographical tradition which sees history as a straight line of progress, capitalization and emancipation. This narrative which emerged in England as liberal press theory -the WhigLiberal narrative- was added to methodological nationalism with the paradigm of regression in Ottoman historiography and in debates on Ottoman Turkish modernization it is often repeated that the press was an ineffective extension of political events, established by top-down interventions as a result of external developments. This study, therefore discusses the main problems of the liberal narrative tradition in the historiography of the Ottoman press through content analysis and attempts to show the important common problems that the liberal narrative poses for the historiography of the Ottoman press.

 There are some stereotypical assumptions in the study of Ottoman press history. These assumptions are mainly based on the late arrival of the printing press in the country, the absence of a European-style urban bourgeoisie, low literacy rates and the weakness of the press because modernization was top-down. In essence, these conclusions stem from the liberal historiographical tradition which sees history as a straight line of progress, capitalization and emancipation. This narrative which emerged in England as liberal press theory -the WhigLiberal narrative- was added to methodological nationalism with the paradigm of regression in Ottoman historiography and in debates on Ottoman Turkish modernization it is often repeated that the press was an ineffective extension of political events, established by top-down interventions as a result of external developments. This study, therefore discusses the main problems of the liberal narrative tradition in the historiography of the Ottoman press through content analysis and attempts to show the important common problems that the liberal narrative poses for the historiography of the Ottoman press.

 Osmanlı basın tarihi çalışmalarında kalıplaşmış bazı kabuller söz konusudur. Bunlar ana hatlarıyla; ülkeye matbaanın geç gelmesi, Avrupa benzeri kent burjuvazisinin olmaması, okuma-yazma oranı düşüklüğü ve modernleşmenin tepeden inme olduğu gerekçesiyle basının zayıf kaldığına yöneliktir. Bu çıkarımlar, özünde tarihi düzçizgisel ilerleme, kapitalistleşme ve özgürleşme yolu olarak gören liberal tarihyazımı geleneğinden kaynaklanmaktadır. İngilterede liberal basın kuramı -WhigLiberal anlatı- olarak beliren bu anlatı, metodolojik milliyetçilik ve Osmanlı tarihyazımındaki gerileme paradigmasına da eklenerek Osmanlı-Türk modernleşmesi tartışmalarında, sıklıkla basının dış gelişmelerin bir sonucu olarak tepeden müdahalelerle kurulan, etkisiz, siyasi olayların uzantısı bir karakterde olduğunu tekrarlamaktadır. Bu çalışma ise Osmanlı basın tarihyazımında liberal anlatı geleneğinden hareketle ortaya konan çalışmalardaki temel problemleri içerik analizi yöntemiyle ele almakta ve böylece liberal anlatının, Osmanlı basın tarihyazımı açısından yarattığı önemli ortak sorunları göstermeye çalışmaktadır.

Makale detayları

THE DARK SHADOW OF THE LIBERAL NARRATIVE IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE OTTOMAN PRESS

Yazarlar:

Cem Evrim Aslan

Yayıncı:

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Ana Başlıklar:

Basın Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Akademik Dergisi Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.149-164

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001337459

pISSN:

2822-5422

Ottoman Press

Historiography

Liberal Narrative

Regression Paradigm

Methodological Nationalism.Osmanlı Basını

Tarihyazımı

Liberal Anlatı

Gerileme Paradigması

Metodolojik Milliyetçilik.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Cem Evrim Aslan

Yayıncı: Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Ana Başlıklar: Basın Çalışmaları

Dergi: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Akademik Dergisi Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.149-164

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001337459

pISSN: 2822-5422

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Cem Evrim Aslan

Yayıncı:

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Ana Başlıklar:

Basın Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Akademik Dergisi Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.149-164

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001337459

pISSN:

2822-5422