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The Evolution of the Turkish School Textbooks from Atatürk to Erdogan

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 2022

Summary

This book narrates and analyzes a century of the Turkish education system and textbook indoctrination starting from the foundation of the Republic until today. It divides the history of Turkish education into five periods: Single party government (1923–1950), Menderes' Democrat Party government (1950–1960), the 1960 coup generals and their successors' governments (1960–1980), the Turkish-Islam Synthesis oriented Atatürkist governments (1980–2002) and finally the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government (2002–). By using the content analysis method, this book exposes Kemalism's metamorphosis into "Turkish-Islam Synthesis" influenced Atatürkism. For the first time, Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the indoctrination of this post-1980 official ideology through history, religious studies, civics, and national security knowledge textbooks. It goes beyond the Atatürkist period and examines the gradual but drastic Islamization of the whole curriculum and school textbooks at the expense of Atatürkism under the AKP. In this framework, this book highlights the recent penetration of controversial concepts such as Neo-Ottomanism, Jihad, and Pan-Turkism into the current Turkish school textbooks. Certainly, the ramifications of the current textbooks will influence the lives of millions of people. Therefore, this book functions as a crucial manual to understanding the current political environment in Turkey.

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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1696-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1697-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
260
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. List of Abbreviations No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
  2. Historical Background No access Pages 7 - 44
  3. Indoctrination of Atatürkism in National Security Studies Textbooks No access Pages 45 - 86
  4. Indoctrination of Atatürkism in Religious Culture and Ethics Studies Textbooks No access Pages 87 - 128
  5. Indoctrination of Atatürkism in Republic of Turkey, History of its Reforms and Atatürkism Textbook No access Pages 129 - 156
  6. Indoctrination of Atatürkism in Civic Studies Textbooks No access Pages 157 - 188
  7. The Fall of Atatürkism and the Rise of Islamism No access Pages 189 - 220
  8. Conclusion No access Pages 221 - 232
  9. Bibliography No access Pages 233 - 248
  10. Index No access Pages 249 - 258
  11. About the Author No access Pages 259 - 260

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