Traces of Orientalist Discourse in World War I: Memoirs of Two British War Prisoners on Ottoman Turkey

Hasan BAKTIR; Yasemin AYAN

Makale detayları

Traces of Orientalist Discourse in World War I: Memoirs of Two British War Prisoners on Ottoman Turkey

Yazarlar:

Hasan BAKTIR | Yasemin AYAN

Yayıncı:

Cankaya University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Bilimler | Edebiyat

Dergi:

Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.23-33

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000902327

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-6761

pISSN:

1309-6761

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Özet:

 


This paper explores the representation of the Ottoman Empire in the memoirs of two English captives - John Still and Harry Coghill Watson Bishop. First, the paper discusses the idea of the orient in European history through Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism. Secondly, this study examines the reflection of the orientalist discourse in Still’s and Bishops’ captivity accounts during World War I when they fought against the Ottoman soldiers. Still participated in World War I and was held as a prisoner of war until the end of the Great War, and during his captivity in Turkey, he kept a record of his observations and feelings about the Ottoman Empire. He published A Prisoner in Turkey as an account of his captivity. On the other hand, Bishop fought in the Kut-Al Amara battles as a second lieutenant in the Indian Army in the early days of the war. He was also taken as a captive on the 29th of April 1916. Through a long journey from Bagdad to Ankara, he reached Kastamonu and stayed there as a prisoner of war for almost two years during which he wrote memoirs about his captivity in Turkey.

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This paper explores the representation of the Ottoman Empire in the memoirs of two English captives - John Still and Harry Coghill Watson Bishop. First, the paper discusses the idea of the orient in European history through Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism. Secondly, this study examines the reflection of the orientalist discourse in Still’s and Bishops’ captivity accounts during World War I when they fought against the Ottoman soldiers. Still participated in World War I and was held as a prisoner of war until the end of the Great War, and during his captivity in Turkey, he kept a record of his observations and feelings about the Ottoman Empire. He published A Prisoner in Turkey as an account of his captivity. On the other hand, Bishop fought in the Kut-Al Amara battles as a second lieutenant in the Indian Army in the early days of the war. He was also taken as a captive on the 29th of April 1916. Through a long journey from Bagdad to Ankara, he reached Kastamonu and stayed there as a prisoner of war for almost two years during which he wrote memoirs about his captivity in Turkey.

Makale detayları

Traces of Orientalist Discourse in World War I: Memoirs of Two British War Prisoners on Ottoman Turkey

Yazarlar:

Hasan BAKTIR | Yasemin AYAN

Yayıncı:

Cankaya University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Bilimler | Edebiyat

Dergi:

Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.23-33

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000902327

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-6761

pISSN:

1309-6761

Orientalism

World War I

captivity

war memoir

John Still

H.C.W. Bishop

Sayı

Makale detayları

Traces of Orientalist Discourse in World War I: Memoirs of Two British War Prisoners on Ottoman Turkey

Yazarlar: Hasan BAKTIR | Yasemin AYAN

Yayıncı: Cankaya University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyal Bilimler | Edebiyat

Dergi: Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.23-33

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000902327

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 1309-6761

pISSN: 1309-6761

Orientalism

World War I

captivity

war memoir

John Still

H.C.W. Bishop

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hasan BAKTIR | Yasemin AYAN

Yayıncı:

Cankaya University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Bilimler | Edebiyat

Dergi:

Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.23-33

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000902327

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-6761

pISSN:

1309-6761