We are delighted to welcome Ryan Gingeras (Naval Postgraduate School) for a talk jointly organized by The Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies & The Department of History.
By 1931, the men who governed the Republic of Turkey were confident that they had built a strong, centralized state upon the wreckage of the Ottoman Empire. Yet doubts within the inner circle of Atatürk’s government remained. Beginning in 1931, ruling party officials in Ankara commissioned a series of investigative surveys of political, economic, and social life in the Turkish countryside. These surveys reveal much about how Turkey's leaders genuinely perceived both the achievements and limits of the revolution inaugurated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. This talk takes a critical look at these internal reports and places them in the context of other revolutionary and post-imperial states in the aftermath of the First World War.
This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.
