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Landscape, Tolerance, and National Identity in Istanbul

Thursday, April 30, 2015 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
1902 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Kuzguncuk is known as one of Istanbul’s historically most tolerant, multiethnic neighborhoods. “Turkification” drove out most of Kuzguncuk’s minority Greeks, Armenians, and Jews in the mid-twentieth century, but they left behind potent vestiges of their presence in the cityscape. Amy Mills asks, "What does it mean to live in a place that once was—but no longer is—ethnically and religiously diverse?"

Amy Mills’ research examines late Ottoman and early Turkish Republican cultural media to understand the relationships between geopolitics, nationalism, and urbanism in early 20th century Istanbul.

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  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

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Jeff Cernucan   (847) 467-2770

j-cernucan@northwestern.edu

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