'Black Turks', 'White Turks' and the desire to be recognized as a ‘civilized’ nation – The Ottoman and Turkish civilizing mission

Ramm, Christoph (2 June 2017). 'Black Turks', 'White Turks' and the desire to be recognized as a ‘civilized’ nation – The Ottoman and Turkish civilizing mission (Unpublished). In: Talking Colors in Turkey and Beyond, Conference University of Cologne. Köln, Deutschland. 02.-04. Juni 2017.

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Focussing on the concept of civilization (medeniyet), the paper puts the terms ‘Black Turks’ and ‘White Turks’ in a broader historical context. Beginning with the adaption of the idea of civilization in the 19th century, the desire to be recognized as a ‘civilized’ nation has moulded the thinking of Ottoman and Turkish elites from the early Ottoman modernizers to the present-day AKP government. The paper describes how the concept of civilization was transformed into a specific Ottoman and Turkish civilizing mission targeting those groups of the population who were identified as ‘backward’ and ‘uncivilized’.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institut für Studien zum Nahen Osten und zu muslimischen Gesellschaften
UniBE Contributor:	Ramm, Christoph
Subjects:	200 Religion > 290 Other religions
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christoph Ramm
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2017 16:16
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:08
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/107503