From an Unknown Territory to a Nation’s Motherland: An Analysis of the Memoirs of the Republic’s First Generation of Intellectuals

U. Ceren Ünlü; Mehmet Ertan

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From an Unknown Territory to a Nation’s Motherland: An Analysis of the Memoirs of the Republic’s First Generation of Intellectuals

Yazarlar:

U. Ceren Ünlü | Mehmet Ertan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Political Science (Other)

Dergi:

Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32, pp.81-100

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001311444

pISSN:

2618-6330

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 This article aims to analyze the memories and autobiographies of six intellectuals who witnessed and contributed to the foundation of the Turkish Republic and played important roles in the cultural policies of the era of the early Republic of Turkey. In the analysis, the sociological concept of generation is utilized as a conceptual framework. Characterizing a group of people that not only share approximating birth dates and locations but also have experienced similar historical moments or political and socioeconomic transformations as a generation, this article regards Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Süleyman Edip Balkır, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Ahmet Emin Yalman and Hasan Âli Yücel as members of the same generation. An in-depth analysis of the memoirs and autobiographies reveals two common themes among these peoples memories: first, because they were born and grew up on the western side of the Ottoman lands, they were all strangers to Anatolia before World War I or the foundation of the Republic; and, second, all six intellectuals believed in the fact that the path of turning Anatolia into a modernized and secularized homeland passed through education. Their strangeness to Anatolia and the importance of education for its socio-cultural development were highly related because the transformation of Anatolia through education not only aimed to create a homeland but also ended the strangeness between these intellectuals and Anatolia.

 This article aims to analyze the memories and autobiographies of six intellectuals who witnessed and contributed to the foundation of the Turkish Republic and played important roles in the cultural policies of the era of the early Republic of Turkey. In the analysis, the sociological concept of generation is utilized as a conceptual framework. Characterizing a group of people that not only share approximating birth dates and locations but also have experienced similar historical moments or political and socioeconomic transformations as a generation, this article regards Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Süleyman Edip Balkır, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Ahmet Emin Yalman and Hasan Âli Yücel as members of the same generation. An in-depth analysis of the memoirs and autobiographies reveals two common themes among these peoples memories: first, because they were born and grew up on the western side of the Ottoman lands, they were all strangers to Anatolia before World War I or the foundation of the Republic; and, second, all six intellectuals believed in the fact that the path of turning Anatolia into a modernized and secularized homeland passed through education. Their strangeness to Anatolia and the importance of education for its socio-cultural development were highly related because the transformation of Anatolia through education not only aimed to create a homeland but also ended the strangeness between these intellectuals and Anatolia.

 This article aims to analyze the memories and autobiographies of six intellectuals who witnessed and contributed to the foundation of the Turkish Republic and played important roles in the cultural policies of the era of the early Republic of Turkey. In the analysis, the sociological concept of generation is utilized as a conceptual framework. Characterizing a group of people that not only share approximating birth dates and locations but also have experienced similar historical moments or political and socioeconomic transformations as a generation, this article regards Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Süleyman Edip Balkır, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Ahmet Emin Yalman and Hasan Âli Yücel as members of the same generation. An in-depth analysis of the memoirs and autobiographies reveals two common themes among these peoples memories: first, because they were born and grew up on the western side of the Ottoman lands, they were all strangers to Anatolia before World War I or the foundation of the Republic; and, second, all six intellectuals believed in the fact that the path of turning Anatolia into a modernized and secularized homeland passed through education. Their strangeness to Anatolia and the importance of education for its socio-cultural development were highly related because the transformation of Anatolia through education not only aimed to create a homeland but also ended the strangeness between these intellectuals and Anatolia.

 Bu makale Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin kuruluşuna tanıklık etmiş ve katkıda bulunmuş ve erken cumhuriyet döneminin kültürel politikalarında önemli roller oynamış altı aydının anılarını ve otobiyografilerini incelemeyi amaçlıyor. İncelemede kavramsal çerçeveyi kuşak kavramı çiziyor. Kuşak kavramını sadece benzer tarihlerde aynı coğrafyada doğmuş olmak değil benzer tarihsel an ve sosyoekonomik dönüşüm süreçlerini deneyimlemek üzerinden ele alarak, Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Süleyman Edip Balkır, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Ahmet Emin Yalman ve Hasan Âli Yüceli aynı kuşağın üyeleri olarak değerlendiriyoruz. Bu isimlerin anı ve otobiyografilerinin derinlemesine analizinde ortaklaşan iki ana tema öne çıkmaktadır. İlki Anadoluya yabancılıktır, çünkü bu isimler Osmanlı topraklarının batısında doğmuşlardı ve Anadolu ile tanışıklıkları I. Dünya Savaşı ya da cumhuriyetin kuruluş dönemlerine denk düşüyordu. İkinci ortak temaysa Anadolunun kalkınması ve aydınlanmasının yolunun eğitimden geçtiğine inanmalarıdır. Bu entelektüellerin Anadoluya yabancılıkları ve eğitime verdikleri önem de birbiriyle ilişkilidir, çünkü eğitimle Anadolunun dönüşümü anavatanın kalkınmasını sağlamanın yanı sıra, bu isimlerin Anadoluya yabancılıklarının da sona ermesine katkıda bulunacaktır.

Makale detayları

From an Unknown Territory to a Nation’s Motherland: An Analysis of the Memoirs of the Republic’s First Generation of Intellectuals

Yazarlar:

U. Ceren Ünlü | Mehmet Ertan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Political Science (Other)

Dergi:

Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32, pp.81-100

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001311444

pISSN:

2618-6330

Generation

Intellectual history

Memoirs

Early republican periodKuşak

Düşünce tarihi

Anılar

Erken cumhuriyet dönemi

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: U. Ceren Ünlü | Mehmet Ertan

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Political Science (Other)

Dergi: Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32, pp.81-100

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001311444

pISSN: 2618-6330

Sayı

Yazarlar:

U. Ceren Ünlü | Mehmet Ertan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Political Science (Other)

Dergi:

Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32, pp.81-100

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001311444

pISSN:

2618-6330