Memorializing the Conquest of Constantinople and Strengthening the Turkish-Greek Alliance in the Context of the Early Cold War

Emen-Gökatalay G.

Middle East Journal, cilt.75, sa.4, ss.532-550, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 75 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3751/75.4.12
  • Dergi Adı: Middle East Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ABI/INFORM, American History and Life, ATLA Religion Database, Gender Studies Database, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Jewish Studies Source, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.532-550
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© Middle East Institute.Despite the significance assigned to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople by official and popular narratives of Turkish history, the Turkish government in 1953 chose to minimize the scope of the event’s 500th anniversary celebrations. This choice reflected the country’s main foreign policy objective at the time: maintaining close ties with Greece and the West in the context of the Cold War. Drawing on press reports, memoirs, and parliamentary records, this article shows how Turkey’s pro-Western orientation shaped the remembering of this world-historical event.