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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465187403321

Autore

Symons Senel

Titolo

The Routledge intermediate Turkish reader : political and cultural articles / / Senel Symons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-54700-7

9786613859457

1-136-73417-1

0-203-81815-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Routledge modern language readers

Disciplina

494/.358642

Soggetti

Readers - Culture

Readers - Political science

Turkish language

Turkish language - English

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Gender and education in Turkey; 2 The social construction of men in Turkey; 3 The problematic headscarf in Turkey; 4 The concept of happiness in Turkey; 5 The politics of water in Turkey; 6 The new Turkish penal code; 7 Sexual honour in Turkey; 8 The multiculturalism of Turks throughout history; 9 Orhan Pamuk's contribution to the literary world; 10 The Turkish military's political role; 11 Turkey and the Middle East; 12 Economic sustainability in Turkey and in the world

13 The Kurdish question in Turkey14 Nationalism in Turkey; 15 Turkish cinema and politics; 16 Arabesk music in Turkey; 17 Recent relations between the EU and Turkey; 18 The Turkish left and Kemalism; 19 Turkish perceptions of 'the West'; Key to exercises; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Routledge Intermediate Turkish Reader has been specially designed for intermediate and advanced learners of Turkish and comprises a broad selection of graded readings.Written by prominent Turkish



academics and journalists, the collection of modern texts presented here have been carefully selected to ensure students receive maximum exposure to current political and cultural issues related to Turkey; from gender, ethnicity, religion and social class through to arts and history.Each reading is fully supported by:an introduction written by an expert