Anatolia’s eternal destiny was sealed: Seljuks of Rum in the Turkish national(ist) imagination from the late Ottoman Empire to the Republican era

This article discusses the historiography of the Seljuks of Rum as it emerged in the early 20th century and developed in the Republican Era, and how the Seljuks of Rum were viewed within different national imaginations, thus providing an arsenal of arguments for contesting claims over Turkic history...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doğan Gürpınar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2012-05-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
Subjects:
Rum
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4547