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Naming and Nation-building in Turkey

The 1934 Surname Law

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Authors:
  1. Meltem Türköz

    1. Işık University, Şile/İstanbul, Turkey

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  • Provides the only comprehensive academic study of the Turkish Surname Law and its reception
  • Challenges the official accounts of the Kemalist reforms and reveals how these reforms were received and reframed in everyday life by diverse
  • groups, including non-Muslim minorities
  • Appeals to anthropologists, legal scholars, political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in the formation of the modern Middle East

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Surnames and the Construction of Turkish Citizens

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 1-29

  3. Intellectual Precursors and Cultural Context: Turkology, Language Reform, and Surnames

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 31-62

  4. Making, Disseminating, and Enforcing the Law

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 63-93

  5. Generating Surnames in Theory and Practice: Surnames Booklets and Registry Documents

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 95-115

  6. The Social Life of the State’s Fantasy

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 117-141

  7. The Burden of Minority Names

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 143-162

  8. Turkish Surnames and Their Critics Since 1934

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 163-173

  9. The Legacy of the Surname Law and Defensive Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century

    • Meltem Türköz
    Pages 175-182

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 183-213
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About this book

This book examines how the Turkish Surname Law of 1934 was adopted and reframed in diverse social contexts at a time of top down nationalism. Through historical ethnography, the author explores the genesis of the law, its drafting in parliament, the Turkish Language Reform, and its reception. The project draws from an oral historical narrative, official parliamentary and registry documents, and popular media.





Authors and Affiliations

  • Işık University, Şile/İstanbul, Turkey

    Meltem Türköz

About the author

Meltem Türköz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Işık University, Turkey.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Naming and Nation-building in Turkey

  • Book Subtitle: The 1934 Surname Law

  • Authors: Meltem Türköz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56656-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57633-0Published: 10 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95415-5Published: 22 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56656-0Published: 09 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 213

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Political Communication

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