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The Evolution of the Turkish School Textbooks from Ataturk to Erdogan

The Evolution of the Turkish School Textbooks from Ataturk to Erdogan

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This book explores the history of Turkish education, from the foundation of the republic to the present, and analyzes how it has been indoctrinated with Kemalism, Turkish-Islam Synthesis, and controversial concepts such as Neo-Ottomanism, Jihad, and Pan-Turkism. It provides a manual to understand the current political environment in Turkey.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books


This comprehensive book delves into a century of the Turkish education system, encompassing the indoctrination through textbooks from the foundation of the republic to the present day. It meticulously narrates and analyzes the historical trajectory of Turkish education, dividing it into five distinct periods:
1. Single-party government (1923-1950)
2. Menderes Democrat Party government (1950-1960)
3. Governments of the coup generals and their successors (1960-1980)
4. Turkish-Islam Synthesis-oriented Atatürkist governments (1980-2002)
5. Justice and Development Party (AKP) government (2002-present)

To achieve this analysis, the book employs the content analysis method, which uncovers the metamorphosis of Kemalism into Turkish-Islam Synthesis influenced Atatürkism. Moreover, for the first time, it delves into the examination of this post-1980 official ideology's indoctrination through history, religious studies, civics, and national security knowledge textbooks.

This book extends beyond the Atatürkist era and explores the gradual but profound Islamization of the entire curriculum and school textbooks, at the expense of Atatürkism, under the AKP. It highlights the recent penetration of controversial concepts such as Neo-Ottomanism, Jihad, and Pan-Turkism into the current Turkish school textbooks, emphasizing their significant impact on the lives of millions of people. Consequently, this book serves as a valuable manual for understanding the current political environment in Turkey.

Weight: 535g
Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666916966

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