At the same time, the article transposes Michel Foucault’s discussion - originally framed through the Western experience- into the Ottoman context, revealing new insights into the formation of modern identity and political thought. Read full article ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This transformation is analyzed through the writings of key intellectuals, statesmen, and ideologues, offering an “archeology of thought” to understand why and how universalist ideals receded and gave way to nationalism.

The article examines the transformation of the ideals of universal humanity and civilisation from strategies aimed at ensuring the survival of the Ottoman state into Turkish nationalism, within a historical process extending from the 1860s to the 1930s.

It explores the intellectual trajectory of a phrase translated by Şinasi from Victor Hugo, tracing its evolution from the Ottoman Empire to the early Turkish Republic.

📢 📢 New Article for Sociology Lens. Bahtiyar Mermertaş’s article “From the Birth of Universal Humanity to National Identity in Ottoman and Republican Thought: An Archeology of the Statement ‘My Nation Is Mankind, My Homeland Is the Earth’ (1860s–1930s)”

I have published an article that explores the rediscovery of the Kurdish question in the 1960s in Turkey and its discursive rearticulation within the frameworks of regional underdevelopment, feudalism, and class inequality
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Merkezinde DPT’nin bulunduğu bir moment üzerinden, Kürt meselesinin bölgesel geri kalmışlık, feodalite ve sınıf söylemleriyle nasıl belirlendiğinin tarihini tartışan makalem Toplum ve Bilim’de yayınlandı: iletisim.com.tr/dergiler/top...