From the Construction of National Identity to the Propaganda of British Culture: The Phases of the Ideology of the People's Houses (1932-1951)

Yasin Ercilsin

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From the Construction of National Identity to the Propaganda of British Culture: The Phases of the Ideology of the People's Houses (1932-1951)

Yazarlar:

Yasin Ercilsin

Yayıncı:

Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Dergi:

Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.975-991

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357630

pISSN:

1304-8120

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 Founded in 1932, the Peoples Houses were among the most dynamic cultural institutions of the 27-year administration of the Republican Peoples Party. Founded after examining similar public education institutions in Europe, the Peoples Houses provided citizens with national cultural education in a field of work divided into nine sections. This was because the social structure that Republican Turkey inherited from the Ottoman Empire was shaped mostly around theological principles. However, the republic was in an effort to create a new social order with a national ideology within the scope of the nation-state identity. In this framework, the cultural education provided by the Peoples Houses to the lowest levels of society contributed to the acquisition of a national identity. The Peoples Houses especially included education on pre-Islamic Turkish history in order to popularize the national ideology. However, after World War II, Soviet Russias territorial claims caused Turkey to pursue policies on the axis of Britain and the United States. For this reason, after 1939, national cultural education lost its importance in the Peoples Houses, and studies serving British cultural propaganda were carried out. The aim of this study is to examine the ideological journey of the Peoples Houses from national cultural education to British cultural propaganda in the light of archival documents.

 Founded in 1932, the Peoples Houses were among the most dynamic cultural institutions of the 27-year administration of the Republican Peoples Party. Founded after examining similar public education institutions in Europe, the Peoples Houses provided citizens with national cultural education in a field of work divided into nine sections. This was because the social structure that Republican Turkey inherited from the Ottoman Empire was shaped mostly around theological principles. However, the republic was in an effort to create a new social order with a national ideology within the scope of the nation-state identity. In this framework, the cultural education provided by the Peoples Houses to the lowest levels of society contributed to the acquisition of a national identity. The Peoples Houses especially included education on pre-Islamic Turkish history in order to popularize the national ideology. However, after World War II, Soviet Russias territorial claims caused Turkey to pursue policies on the axis of Britain and the United States. For this reason, after 1939, national cultural education lost its importance in the Peoples Houses, and studies serving British cultural propaganda were carried out. The aim of this study is to examine the ideological journey of the Peoples Houses from national cultural education to British cultural propaganda in the light of archival documents.

 Founded in 1932, the Peoples Houses were among the most dynamic cultural institutions of the 27-year administration of the Republican Peoples Party. Founded after examining similar public education institutions in Europe, the Peoples Houses provided citizens with national cultural education in a field of work divided into nine sections. This was because the social structure that Republican Turkey inherited from the Ottoman Empire was shaped mostly around theological principles. However, the republic was in an effort to create a new social order with a national ideology within the scope of the nation-state identity. In this framework, the cultural education provided by the Peoples Houses to the lowest levels of society contributed to the acquisition of a national identity. The Peoples Houses especially included education on pre-Islamic Turkish history in order to popularize the national ideology. However, after World War II, Soviet Russias territorial claims caused Turkey to pursue policies on the axis of Britain and the United States. For this reason, after 1939, national cultural education lost its importance in the Peoples Houses, and studies serving British cultural propaganda were carried out. The aim of this study is to examine the ideological journey of the Peoples Houses from national cultural education to British cultural propaganda in the light of archival documents.

 1932 yılında kurulan halkevleri 27 yıllık Cumhuriyet Halk Fırkası iktidarının en dinamik kültür kurumları arasında yer almıştır. Avrupadaki benzer halk eğitim kurumlarının incelenmesinin ardından kurulan halkevleri dokuz şubeye ayrılan çalışma sahasında vatandaşlara milli kültür eğitimi vermiştir. Zira Cumhuriyet Türkiyesinin Osmanlı İmparatorluğundan devraldığı toplum yapısı daha çok teolojik prensipler etrafında şekillenmişti. Ancak cumhuriyet, ulus devlet kimliği kapsamında milli ideolojiye sahip yeni bir toplumsal düzen inşa etme çabasındaydı. Bu çerçevede halkevlerinin toplumun en alt kademelerine kadar taşıdığı kültür eğitimi halkın ulus kimliği edinmesine katkı sağlamıştır. Halkevlerinde özellikle İslamiyet öncesi Türk tarihi eğitimine yer verilerek milli ideolojinin toplum nazarında kanıksanması amaçlanmıştır. Fakat II. Dünya Savaşının ardından Sovyet Rusyanın toprak talepleri Türkiyenin İngiltere ve ABD ekseninde politikalar izlemesine sebebiyet vermiştir. Bu nedenle halkevlerinde de 1939 yılından sonra milli kültür eğitimi önemini yitirmiş, daha çok İngiliz kültür propagandasına hizmet eden çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı milli kültür eğitiminden İngiliz kültür propagandasına uzanan halkevlerinin ideolojik serencamını arşiv belgeleri ışığında incelemektir.

Makale detayları

From the Construction of National Identity to the Propaganda of British Culture: The Phases of the Ideology of the People's Houses (1932-1951)

Yazarlar:

Yasin Ercilsin

Yayıncı:

Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Dergi:

Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.975-991

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357630

pISSN:

1304-8120

People

National culture

British cultural propagandaHalkevleri

Milli kültür

İngiliz kültür propagandası.

Sayı

Makale detayları

From the Construction of National Identity to the Propaganda of British Culture: The Phases of the Ideology of the People's Houses (1932-1951)

Yazarlar: Yasin Ercilsin

Yayıncı: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

Ana Başlıklar: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Dergi: Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.975-991

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001357630

pISSN: 1304-8120

People

National culture

British cultural propagandaHalkevleri

Milli kültür

İngiliz kültür propagandası.

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yasin Ercilsin

Yayıncı:

Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi

Dergi:

Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.975-991

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357630

pISSN:

1304-8120