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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797108003321

Autore

Orhon Göze

Titolo

The weight of the past : memory and Turkey's 12 September coup / / Göze Orhon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-7988-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

956.1038

Soggetti

Collective memory - Turkey

Turkey History Coup d'état, 1980

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B

Sommario/riassunto

The 12 September 1980 coup represented a ""milestone"" in Turkey, the consequences of which have shadowed the lives of the peoples of Turkey for more than thirty years. The coup was instrumental in the profound economic, political and social transformation of the country, while, on the other hand, it aimed at destroying any public opposition deemed likely to jeopardise the course of this transformation. The remembrance of the period as laden with experiences of profound transformation, alongsid...