Turkish Awakening

by Alev Scott

  Girit, Selin 1

  Gökçek, Melih 1, 2

  Gökçen, Sahiha 1

  gold, importance of 1

  González-Torres, Félix 1

  G.O.R.A. (film) 1

  Görmez, Mehmet 1

  Grand London Hotel (Istanbul) 1

  Greece, Ancient 1

  Greece/Greeks, modern 1, 2 expulsion from Turkey 1

  green spaces 1, 2

  Grey Wolves 1

  Grup Yorum 1

  Gülen, Fethullah 1, 2, 3, 4

  Gülen movement 1

  Güler, Muammer 1

  Güleryüz, Kerimcan 1

  Günaydin, Erol 1

  Gündüz, Erdem 1

  gypsies 1

  Hailsham, Lord 1

  Haimoff, June 1

  hair transplants 1

  Halk TV 1

  Hanim, Safiye 1

  Hayat Devam Ediyor (Life Goes On) 1

  Hayat TV 1

  headscarves 1, 2, 3, 4

  hierarchies 1

  Higher Education Board (YÖK) 1

  Hikmet, Nâzim 1 ‘Piyer Loti’ 1

  Hoca, Nasreddin 1

  hocam 1

  homosexuality 1, 2, 3 active and passive roles 1, 2

  attitudes towards 1, 2

  attitudes towards by Turkish authorities 1, 2

  and conscription 1, 2

  gay organisations 1

  ‘gay for pay’ sex workers in Beyoğlu 1, 2

  status of gay community in Turkey 1

  vocal gay community 1

  honour killings 1

  Hopa 1

  House Café 1

  human rights 1

  identity cards 1

  Ikea 1, 2, 3

  Inegöl 1

  inflation 1

  İnönü Stadium 1

  interaction, Turkish 1, 2

  interest rates 1

  interior design 1

  International Women’s Meeting (Istanbul) (2010) 1

  Iraq 1

  Islam 1, 2, 3

  Islamic clothing industry 1

  Islamic fundamentalism 1

  Islamist Welfare Party 1

  Ismit: earthquake (1999) 1

  Israel 1

  Istanbul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 arts scene 1, 2

  stray cats and dogs in 1

  construction work 1

  differing communities in 1

  taxi drivers in 1

  foreigners living in 1

  gay scene 1

  influence of European powers 1

  neighbourhoods 1

  One Love music festival 1

  ‘survival of the fittest’ code 1

  underground music scene 1

  vernacular 1

  Istanbul Air 1

  Istanbul Biennial (2011) 1

  Istanbul Halk Ekmek (IHE) bread 1

  Istanbul metro 1

  Ivy League universities 1

  Izmir 1, 2

  Izmit City Theatre 1

  İztuzu Beach (Dalyan) 1

  Japan 1 juku 1

  jealousy 1

  journalists, imprisoned 1

  Justice and Development Party see AKP

  Kafav, Selma Aliye 1

  Kalkan 1, 2

  Karabükspor football club 1

  Kardashian, Kim 1

  Karslı, Halim 1

  Kayseri 1, 2, 3

  Kemalism 1

  Kiliçdaoğlu, Kemal 1, 2

  Kirmizigül, Mahsun 1

  kismet (fate) 1

  Kitchenette 1

  Koç family 1, 2, 3

  Koç university 1

  Koç, Vehbi1

  kolay gelsin 1

  Kömeağaç, Musa 1

  Koran 1

  korsanlar 1

  Kurdish celebrities 1

  Kurdish language 1

  Kurdish peace process 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Kurdistan 1, 2

  Kurdistan Workers’ Party see PKK

  Kurds 1, 2, 3, 4 and Gezi protests 1

  and Grup Yorum 1

  history 1

  marginalisation of 1

  movement to improve rights of 1

  in Ottoman period 1

  police presence in Kurdish cities 1

  population of in Turkey 1

  status and perception of by Turks 1, 2, 3

  ultimate aim of nationalists 1

  vandalism of Atatürk statue (2013) 1

  landscape 1, 2

  language, Turkish 1, 2, 3

  Lausanne, Treaty of (1923) 1

  Law 5816 16

  Laz people 1

  Lazca 1

  Lazistan 1

  Lebanon 1

  lesbianism 1

  LGBT Mothers’ Support Group of Beyoğlu 1

  lira 1

  Loti, Pierre 1 Les Désenchantées 1

  love, rules of 1

  Macedonia, and broadcasting of Turkish soaps 1

  macho culture 1, 2

  Manukyan, Madame 1

  Mardin 1, 2, 3

  Marmaris 1

  marriage, underage 1

  Martello, Davide 1

  mass production 1, 2

  May Day demonstrations (Taksim Square) (2012) 1

  media censorship 1

  medical tourism 1

  Mehmet Bey 1

  men, Turkish 1 macho culture of 1, 2

  physical affection between 1

  Merkel, Angela 1

  mersi 1

  Mersin University 1

  MHP (Millyetçi Hareket Partisi or Nationalist Action Party) 1

  Middle East 1 relations with Turkey 1, 2, 3, 4

  strong business ties between Turkish business and 1

  middle-class 1

  migration 1, 2, 3

  military 1 Erdogan’s attempt to limit power of 1

  military coups 1, 2 (1980) 1

  millionaires 1

  minorities 1 Armenians 1

  ethnic assimilation 1, 2

  improvement in rights of 1

  instances of peaceful integration 1

  Laz people 1

  marginalisation of 1

  see also Kurds

  MIPCOM 1

  Montreux Convention 1

  monuments, faux-grandiose 1

  Morsi, President 1

  mosques, funding of 1

  moustache shape 1

  moustache transplant surgery 1

  Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Magnificent Century) 1, 2, 3

  Müren, Zeki 1

  music 1

  Muslim Association 1

  national identity 1

  national university placement exam 1

  nationalism 1, 2, 3

  Nationalist Action Party see MHP

  natural disasters: attitude to 1

  nazar (evil eye charm) 1

  NBC Universal 1

  Ne mutlu Türküm diyene phrase 1

  Nicholas I, Tsar 1

  Nishizawa, Ryue 1

  Noor (Light) 1

  Obama, President 1

  Öcalan, Abdullah 1, 2

  occidentalism 1

  Olüdeniz 1

  One Love music festival 1

  opposition parties 1

  Orient Express 1

  orientalism 1

  Ottoman Empire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Ottoman Greeks 1

  Palestine 1

  Pamuk, Orhan 1, 2, 3

  patriarchy 1

  patriotism 1, 2

  pavyon scene 1

  Peace and Democracy Party see BDP

  Pervare 1, 2

  Pilsen, Efes 1

  PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Plato: The Republic 1

  police 1 clash with protesters during Gezi Park protests 1, 2, 3

  deployment of at football matches 1

  and protests 1

  political parties 1

  political system 1

  population exchanges 1

  prayer 1

  presidential elections (2014) 1

  Primo Moda 1

  private
study centres see dershane

  property scams 1

  prostitution 1, 2

  protests: and police 1 suppression of 1, 2

  see also Gezi Park protests

  race riots 1

  Radio and Television High Commission 1

  Ramadan 1, 2

  referendum (2010) 1

  Registered Brand Association 1

  religion 1, 2, 3, 4

  replica designer industry 1

  Republican People’s Party see CHP

  restaurants 1

  Roma 1

  Russian prostitutes 1

  Russian women: fascination with by Turkish men 1

  Saat, Beren 1

  Sabancı family 1

  Sabancı, Haci Ömer 1

  Sabancı University 1

  Şahin, Idris Naim 1, 2

  Sai Baba 1

  Said, Edward: Orientalism 1

  Samanyolu 1

  Samli, Sibel 1

  Sara ile Musa (Sarah and Musa, Together) 1

  Sarisülük, Ethem 1, 2

  Sarkozy, President 1

  Schäuble, Wolfgang 1

  secularism 1

  Selçuk, Gizem 1

  Selim the Grim, Sultan 1

  Sèvres, Treaty of 1

  sex 1, 2, 3, 4

  Shafak, Elif 1

  Shafi’i 1

  shopping malls 1

  Şimsek, Mehmet 1

  skiing 1

  Sky TV 1

  soap operas, Turkish 1 actors as celebrities 1

  Aşk-i Memnu (Forbidden Love) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  based on ratings 1

  budget 1

  government’s concern over some plots 1

  Hayat Devam Ediyor (Life Goes On) 1

  interest of abroad 1

  censorship 1

  ageing stage legends 1

  non-inclusion of controversial material 1

  Noor (Light) 1

  popularity of in Arab countries 1, 2

  sales of to foreign broadcasters 1

  Son (End) 1

  ‘social clubs’ 1

  socialism: clamping down on 1

  soldier-martyr: importance of in Turkish psyche 1

  Son (End) 1

  spending levels 1, 2

  sponsored parties 1

  stone houses 1

  Stone, Norman 1

  street traders 1, 2

  Sufism 1

  Sunni Muslims 1, 2

  supermarkets 1, 2

  superstition 1

  Supreme Council of Radio and Television 1

  Syria 1, 2

  Taksim 1

  Taksim Square (Istanbul) 1, 2 and Gezi Park protests 1, 2, 3

  May Day demonstrations (2012) 1

  redevelopment project 1, 2

  Tarlabaşı (Beyoğlu) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Tatlıses, İbrahim (‘Abraham Sweet Voice’) 1, 2, 3

  Tatlıtuğ, Kivanç 1

  taxation 1, 2

  taxis/taxi drivers: conversations with 1 dolmuş 1

  korsan 1

  Tayfur, Ferdi 1

  television 1 actor earnings 1

  stardom and money involved in 1

  see also soap operas

  television tourism 1

  Temel 1

  Tenger, Hale 1

  TGMP (Turkish Grameen Microfinance Project) 1

  theatre 1, 2, 3 government interference in state 1

  privatisation by Erdoğan 1

  tobacco: prohibition of advertising 1

  tourism, Turkish 1, 2

  and Arabs 1

  medical 1

  television 1

  tövbe 1

  Trabzon 1, 2, 3, 4

  tramps 1

  transsexuals 1

  transvestites 1 anti-transvestite movement in Avcılar (Istanbul) 1

  attitudes towards 1

  celebrity 1

  eviction of from Tarlabaşı 1, 2

  prey to police attacks 1

  as prostitutes 1, 2

  TRT (Turkish Radio and Television) 1, 2

  Tuncer, Tolga 1

  Turkey: creation of republic (1923) 1, 2

  Turkish Airlines 1

  Turkish Cypriots 1, 2

  Turkish Federal Federation 1

  Turkish Grameen Microfinance Project see TGMP

  Turkish War of Independence 1

  Turkishness 1, 2

  Turks: catering to Western tastes 1 character traits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  curiosity toward outsiders 1

  devoted to hometown 1

  easily offended 1

  feelings of attachment toward Turkey 1

  frankness and down-to-earth attitude of 1, 2, 3

  generosity of 1, 2

  lack of civic spirit 1

  love of children 1

  official 1

  Turner, Martin 1

  Tüzer, Ferhat 1

  Twitter 1

  Ukraine 1

  Uludere air raid 1, 2

  Ümraniye 1

  underage marriage 1, 2

  United States of America 1

  universities 1 Boğaziçi 1, 2, 3

  fees for state 1

  grading 1

  low teacher wages in state 1

  national university placement exam 1, 2

  private 1, 2

  protests on campus 1

  replacing of private security by police at state 1

  state funding 1

  vilification of leftist-learning academics 1

  urbanisation 1, 2, 3, 4

  Urfa (Şanlıurfa) 1

  Van 1 earthquake (2011) 1

  Victoria, Queen 1

  virginity, obsession with 1

  wedding, Turkish 1

  White Turks 1, 2

  women, Turkish 1, 2, 3 and burqas 1

  in business 1, 2

  and education 1, 2, 3

  government incentives for employment of 1

  and headscarves 1

  and Islamic clothing industry 1

  loans given to by Turkish Grameen Microfinance Project (TGMP) 1

  as MPs 1

  non-recognition of lesbianism 1

  older 1

  participation in workforce 1

  and patriarchy 1

  rural 1

  stereotyping of 1

  underemployment of 1

  urban 1

  and the vote 1

  women’s rights 1

  World Health Organisation 1

  Wounds exhibition 1

  WYG (management consultancy) 1

  yabancı 1

  Yapım, Ay 1, 2, 3

  Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge 1

  Yayla, Professor Atilla 1

  Yıldırım, Medeni 1

  Yıldız, Ahmet 1

  Yılmaz, Berna 1

  Yılmaz, Cem 1

  Yunus, Dr Muhammad 1

  yurt dışında 1

  Zaatari, Akram 1

  Zaman (newspaper) 1, 2

  Zaza Alevis, bombing of (1937) 1

  Zenne (Male Dancer) (film) 1

  About the Author

  Alev Scott was born in London in 1987 to a Turkish mother and British father, and educated at North London Collegiate School and New College, Oxford, where she studied Classics. After graduating in 2009 she worked in London as an assistant director in theatre and opera before moving to Istanbul in January 2011, where she now works as a freelance journalist for the British press.

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