State of the art : exhibiting 'nation' in the early republican Halkevleri, 1932-1950 / by Michelle Lynch.

In 1931, the Turkish Republic began laying the foundations for a network of institutions, formally instituted the following year, as part of a larger social engineering program to unify the nation under the nationalist, modern, and Western perimeters of Kemalism, the dominant political ideology asso...

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Main Author: Lynch, Michelle (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Introductions. Introduction to the Halkevi institutions; The Halkevleri in a social and political context; Resources and scope of thesis; Historiography
  • Organizational context. Logistics and administrative structures; The Turkish history thesis; The new Ankara; The mining of a Seljukid past; Ülkü and the makings of a new art history
  • Exhibitions in Ankara
  • Halkevleri and the provinces. Yurt Ici Ressam Gezileri; Halkevi Atelyesi; Exhibitions and art programs in the provinces
  • Halkevleri and the world stage
  • Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography.