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Internationalism and the New TurkeyYears of Transition: Adapting to the Republican Order, 1923–1927

Internationalism and the New Turkey: Years of Transition: Adapting to the Republican Order,... [The end of the Allied occupation of Istanbul and the return of Turkish nationalist rule made it necessary for the American colleges to find a new role in the emerging Turkish nation state, a task complicated by the initial absence of full diplomatic relations between Washington and Ankara. The abandonment of the Ottoman capitulations and the loss of many Christian students forced college officials to reconsider the school’s mission, while the Turkish authorities moved to bring foreign schools under their control. At the center of this chapter is an analysis of the hostile encounter between Robert College and the new regime over Edgar Fisher, who as a history instructor was especially vulnerable. Particular attention is paid to the strategy of the college president, Caleb Gates, to defend the autonomy of his school against the encroachment of the Turkish state, while simultaneously serving the interests of the new Turkey and making the case for the American colleges as institutions that would provide a springboard for the Near East’s modernization and a “cure for war”.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Internationalism and the New TurkeyYears of Transition: Adapting to the Republican Order, 1923–1927

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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978-3-031-00931-0
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57 –110
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10.1007/978-3-031-00932-7_3
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[The end of the Allied occupation of Istanbul and the return of Turkish nationalist rule made it necessary for the American colleges to find a new role in the emerging Turkish nation state, a task complicated by the initial absence of full diplomatic relations between Washington and Ankara. The abandonment of the Ottoman capitulations and the loss of many Christian students forced college officials to reconsider the school’s mission, while the Turkish authorities moved to bring foreign schools under their control. At the center of this chapter is an analysis of the hostile encounter between Robert College and the new regime over Edgar Fisher, who as a history instructor was especially vulnerable. Particular attention is paid to the strategy of the college president, Caleb Gates, to defend the autonomy of his school against the encroachment of the Turkish state, while simultaneously serving the interests of the new Turkey and making the case for the American colleges as institutions that would provide a springboard for the Near East’s modernization and a “cure for war”.]

Published: Jul 7, 2022

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