tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921432690434863348.post5818038701254953329..comments2024-01-28T10:50:59.491-07:00Comments on Jim Meyer's Borderlands: Dreaming in OttomanJim Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362698311097051532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921432690434863348.post-90119659435090009172014-12-13T15:19:59.289-07:002014-12-13T15:19:59.289-07:00Çok mersi, Gordon. These were, in fact, the points...Çok mersi, Gordon. These were, in fact, the points that I had in mind while writing, albeit without your elegant phrasing. Thanks for reading, Jim. Jim Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362698311097051532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921432690434863348.post-8309381760251906612014-12-13T14:45:29.429-07:002014-12-13T14:45:29.429-07:00Very nice comment, doc. I think I would add that t...Very nice comment, doc. I think I would add that the introduction of the European alphabet and the banning of Ottoman script were yet another aspect of the Republic's strategy to utterly wipe out all representations of the Ottoman past in the public sphere as a way of eradicating any opposition to the new Kemalist regime in Turkey. The Kemalists did everything they could to de-legitimise all things Ottoman because the greatest potential opposition to Kemalism was from those who clung to the political and religious values of pre-1923 Turkey.Gordon Dobienoreply@blogger.com