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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Teaching ""Europe"" in Turkey: An Analysis of Secondary History Textbooks, 1956--2005"

Abstract

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"School history textbooks play an important role in teaching students about their national identity. Historical narratives presented in the textbooks incorporate conceptions of who people are and how they are linked to particular locations. However, these narratives are never static. They are constantly changing to take into account shifting interpretations of how the ""nation"" is affected by politics, cultural, social changes, economic circumstances and the nation's relationships to the world at large. This thesis explores these changes in the portrayal of ""Europe"" in history textbooks of 1956-58, 1975-78, 1996 and 2005 as a way of demonstrating the changing conceptions of Turkey's official self-understandings as represented in these textbooks."

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Secondary and Continuing Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Kahveci, Nihat Gurel
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Ian D. Westbury

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3290265
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79997

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Kahveci, Nihat Gurel. "Teaching ""Europe"" in Turkey: An Analysis of Secondary History Textbooks, 1956--2005". Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/79997