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Open Seminar: From Talaat Pasha’s to Atatürk’s Turkey
Location: Mezzanine Level, The Greek Centre, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Date: WEDNESDAY 13/3/2019 @ 7:00pm
Presenter: Assoc Prof Hans-Lukas Keiser
Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 - No knowledge of Greek required.
Entry: FREE
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Synopsis
Seen through the lenses of Kemalism and largely Kemalist-inspired Western textbooks, Kemal Atatürk appeared for decades as a unique leader and the founder of an entirely new republic after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In reality, Kemal Pasha took over from Mehmed Talaat Pasha – Ottoman Turkey’s last strong ruler and grand-vizier – the leadership of Turkish-Muslim nationalism.
Number one in the Young Turks’ single-party regime (1913-18), Talaat had concentrated personal power both as a party boss and a dominant minister. Although his party lost the Great War and related imperial ambitions, they largely implemented their minimal domestic goal: making Anatolia a modern and sovereign Turkish-Muslim national home (Türk Yurdu) in demographic, economic and cultural terms. Atatürk accomplished this goal and perpetuated patterns of leader-centred single-party rule, although Islam – the main factor of Turkish-national coherence – posed a major problem.
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Bio
Historian Hans-Lukas Kieser is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2014–19) at the University of Newcastle NSW and a honorary Titularprofessor at the University of Zurich. After studies in Zurich, Neuchâtel, Basel and Paris, he finished his doctoral thesis at the University of Basel in 1999 and his professoral habilitation thesis at the University of Zurich in 2004. He is the author of Talaat Pasha (2018); Nearest East: American Millennialism and Mission to the Middle East (2010); A Quest for Belonging: Anatolia Beyond Empire and Nation (19th-21st centuries); and Der verpasste Friede (Squandered Peace) (2000; enlarged 5th ed. in Turkish, 2018).
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Sponsors
We thank the following donor for making this seminar possible: Peter Patisteas OAM on behalf of AHEPA Victoria.
During the course of the year considerable expenses are incurred in staging the seminars. In order to mitigate these costs individuals or organisations are invited to donate against a lecture of their choice. You too can donate for one or more seminars and (optionally) let your name or brand be known as a patron of culture to our members, visitors and followers, as well as the broader artistic and cultural community of Melbourne. Please email: info@greekcommunity.com.au or call 03 9662 2722. We also thank the following corporate sponsors:
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* Recommended Minimum Level of Greek in order to enjoy this Event, on a scale of 0 to 5.
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The Greek Community of Melbourne is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Non-Profits Commission ABN 14004258360
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