Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism and Modern Turkey
This book focuses on different facets of the everyday lived experience of Armenian citizens of Turkey, such as encounters with the state, social interactions with neighbours, friends and colleagues as well as experiences in social institutions such as schools.

The book will discuss How Armenians experience and make sense of everyday life as an ethnoreligious minority inside Muslim-majority Turkey? What does it mean to be an Armenian citizen in a country where nationalist and anti-non-Muslim sentiments run deep? How do they navigate this nationalist landscape? How do they situate themselves inside the nation and vis-à-vis their fellow citizens?

The book draws from a rich set of oral histories to reveal the significant connection between everyday interpretations and experiences of nationhood on the one hand and political power on the other. Rather than limiting individuals' responses to an assimilation versus dissimilation register, the book reveals how they employ a complex set of strategies in order to navigate a highly exclusionary nationalist landscape. In scrutinizing state-society relationship, this study further connects to themes such as notions of belonging and citizenship, and the management of diversity in contemporary societies.

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Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism and Modern Turkey
This book focuses on different facets of the everyday lived experience of Armenian citizens of Turkey, such as encounters with the state, social interactions with neighbours, friends and colleagues as well as experiences in social institutions such as schools.

The book will discuss How Armenians experience and make sense of everyday life as an ethnoreligious minority inside Muslim-majority Turkey? What does it mean to be an Armenian citizen in a country where nationalist and anti-non-Muslim sentiments run deep? How do they navigate this nationalist landscape? How do they situate themselves inside the nation and vis-à-vis their fellow citizens?

The book draws from a rich set of oral histories to reveal the significant connection between everyday interpretations and experiences of nationhood on the one hand and political power on the other. Rather than limiting individuals' responses to an assimilation versus dissimilation register, the book reveals how they employ a complex set of strategies in order to navigate a highly exclusionary nationalist landscape. In scrutinizing state-society relationship, this study further connects to themes such as notions of belonging and citizenship, and the management of diversity in contemporary societies.

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Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism and Modern Turkey

Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism and Modern Turkey

by Yesim Bayar
Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism and Modern Turkey

Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism and Modern Turkey

by Yesim Bayar

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This book focuses on different facets of the everyday lived experience of Armenian citizens of Turkey, such as encounters with the state, social interactions with neighbours, friends and colleagues as well as experiences in social institutions such as schools.

The book will discuss How Armenians experience and make sense of everyday life as an ethnoreligious minority inside Muslim-majority Turkey? What does it mean to be an Armenian citizen in a country where nationalist and anti-non-Muslim sentiments run deep? How do they navigate this nationalist landscape? How do they situate themselves inside the nation and vis-à-vis their fellow citizens?

The book draws from a rich set of oral histories to reveal the significant connection between everyday interpretations and experiences of nationhood on the one hand and political power on the other. Rather than limiting individuals' responses to an assimilation versus dissimilation register, the book reveals how they employ a complex set of strategies in order to navigate a highly exclusionary nationalist landscape. In scrutinizing state-society relationship, this study further connects to themes such as notions of belonging and citizenship, and the management of diversity in contemporary societies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780755654666
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 02/19/2026
Series: Contemporary Turkey
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Yesim Bayar is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at St. Lawrence University, USA. Her research interests include empires, nations and nationalism, political change and state-minority relations. Her works have been published in various journals including the British Journal of Sociology, Nations and Nationalism, and Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Her book, The Formation of Turkish Nation-State, was published in 2014.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: 'When do our Stories all Begin?': Talking about 1915
Chapter 3: Remembering the Past and Encounters with the State
Chapter 4: Education, Language and Being an Armenian Citizen
Chapter 5: Everyday Life: Family, Neighbours and Colleagues
Chapter 6: Conclusion: State Power, Minorities and Everyday Life

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