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    Orientalism and the male subject of Turkish nationalism in the stories of Omer Seyfeddin
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008) N/A; Dikici, Ayşe Ezgi; Master Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    This article analyses different manifestations of Orientalism in the Turkish author Omer Seyfeddin's stories. Being a nationalist author, the facets of his relationship with Orientalism range from submission and resistance to a semi-conscious orientalization of the Balkans by means of Orientalistic imagery in his post-Balkan Wars stories. Given the centrality of sexuality to the Orientalist discourse, a close reading of several stories aims to show how Turkish nationalism (as represented by Omer Seyfeddin's work) adopts and reproduces the power structure and the masculine Subject inherent in Orientalism since it is a derivative of it. Omer Seyfeddin's designation of the Balkans as Turkey's Orient sheds light on the psychological complexities of a peculiar turn in the critical period of nation formation (1908-1922).
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    West and central Asia
    (Wiley, 2022) Khairallah, Asad E.; Yaktine, Saïd; Khalidi, Aliya; Ashtiany, Mohsen; Utas, Bo; Halman, Talat S.; Schamiloglu, Uli; N/A; Kocaoğlu, Timur; Other; N/A; N/A
    After centuries of near stagnation, West and Central Asia were awakened by what is commonly called the "shock of modernity. " As is usually the case, this awakening happened by means of war drums encircling our whole macroregion with its three major cultures, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish-Turkic. Zoukak have proved to be one of the longest lasting post-civil war theater troupes who have worked consistently through an ongoing exchange between Lebanon, Europe, the United States, and Asia. They have always incorporated popular literature and topical narratives in their play scripts, ensuring a universal as well as a unique Arab identity. In addition to the role of censorship, the issue of identity in Arab theater has featured quite prominently. This identity no doubt was predominantly Arab male. But since the early 1990s the role of Arab women practitioners has come to the forefront.