Category: Reviews

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Myth Busted: Turkey’s Jewish Policy during the Second World War (Unpublished)

01 July 2021

Unpublished Review: Ahmet Özcan, “Myth Busted: Turkey’s Jewish Policy during the Second World War”, 2015. An extraordinary series of conferences on “Memory Policies” that concentrates on wounded memories of various countries have been held since 2014 under the directorship of Nora Şeni, a professor from the University of Paris 8, in collaboration with the French … More Myth Busted: Turkey’s Jewish Policy during the Second World War (Unpublished)

The Ottoman “Westwardness”-Turkish Review

04 September 2015

Ahmet Özcan, “The Ottoman ‘Westwardness”, Turkish Review, Vol. 5/3, May-June 2015, pp. 258-260. Recently published under the editorship of four Ph.D. candidates, Well-Connected Domains: Towards an Entangled Ottoman History is the concrete outcome of a research project on, in the editors’ words, “processes of exchange, interaction, and entanglement between the Ottoman Empire and its neighbors … More The Ottoman “Westwardness”-Turkish Review

Burke’ü Oku(yama)mak-Modus Operandi

16 May 2015

Ahmet Özcan, “Burke’ü Oku(yama)mak”, Modus Operandi, Sayı 1, Mart 2015, s. 271-275. “Burke’ü Oku(yama)mak” başlıklı müdahalesinde Ahmet Özcan, Edmund Burke’ün insanlığın ve ezilenlerin düşmanı bir gerici, ayrıcalıkları kayıran bir sahtekâr ve ikbal peşinde bir fırsatçı olarak tanınmasında dönemin entelektüel ikliminin ve sonrasında Marx ve Marksistlerin oynadığı rolü metinlerden pasajlarla serimlerken, 20. yüzyılda bazı Marksistlerin onunla … More Burke’ü Oku(yama)mak-Modus Operandi

Before and After the Arab Spring-Turkish Review

24 April 2013

Ahmet Özcan, “Analysis vs. Prediction: Before and after the Arab Spring”, Turkish Review, Vol. 3/2, March-April 2013, pp. 214-215. When philosophy paints its grey in grey, a shape of life has grown old, and it cannot be rejuvenated, but only recognized, by the grey in grey of philosophy; the owl of Minevra begins its flight … More Before and After the Arab Spring-Turkish Review

“Turkey as a Rising Power” Put to the Test-Turkish Review

15 February 2013

Ahmet Özcan, “Turkey as a Rising Power Put to the Test”, Turkish Review, Vol. 3/1, February 2013, pp. 97-100. We live in a time when the distinction between domestic and foreign realms of politics has not merely blurred, but abolished altogether. While Turkey’s Prime Minister’s harsh critique of Israel on her existential Palestinian issue in a … More “Turkey as a Rising Power” Put to the Test-Turkish Review

Uncharted Territory: Understanding the Tuaregs-Turkish Review

09 October 2012

Ahmet Özcan, “Uncharted Territory: Understanding the Tuaregs”, Turkish Review, Vol. 2/5, September 2012, pp. 116-119. In association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), the Association of Researchers on the Middle East and Africa (ORDAF) organized an international conference in Istanbul on June 23, 2012 on the African Nomads known … More Uncharted Territory: Understanding the Tuaregs-Turkish Review