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1 online resource |
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Library of modern Turkey ; 34 |
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Library of modern Turkey ; 34.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Author Biography; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Research and Literature; 1. Science and Medicine: Pillars of Republic; The Rockefeller Foundation and Pioneersof Scientific Medicine; Advancing the Nation through Healthcare; Fellows and Projects after 1945; 2. Remedies of Underdevelopment; Technicians of Industrial Development: Robert CollegeSchool of Engineering and METU; Setting up the Framework for Turkish Education; Teaching of Science; 3. The Age of Experts; Business Development and Management Programmes in Turkey |
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The Rockefeller Foundation and Social Sciences in TurkeyThe Birth of Area Studies; 4. Humanities and Westernisation; Islam in Turkey and the Creative Minority; Projects, Fellows and Turkish Westernisation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's government encouraged substantial American investment in education and aid. It was argued that Turkey needed the technical skills and wealth offered by American education, and so a series of American schools was set up across the country to educate the Turkish youth. Here, Ali Erken, in the first study of its kind, argues that these organizations had a huge impact on political and economic thought in Turkey - acting as a form of 'soft power' for US national interests throughout the 20th Century. Robert College, originally a missionary school founded by US benefactors, has been responsible for educating two Turkish Prime Ministers, writers such as Orhan Pamuk and a huge number of influential economists, politicians and journalists. The end result of these American philanthropic efforts, Erken argues, was a consensus in the 1970s that the country must 'westernize'. This mindset, and the opposition viewpoint it engendered, has come to define political struggle in modern Turkey - torn between a capitalist 'modern' West and an Islamic 'Ottoman' East. The book also reveals how and why the Rockefeller and Ford foundations funneled large amounts of money into Turkey post-1945, and undertook activities in support of 'Western' candidates in Turkey as a bulwark against the Soviet Union. This is an essential contribution to the history of US-Turkish relations, and the influence of the West in Turkish political thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 30, 2018) |
| Subject |
Education -- Turkey
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Civilization
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Education
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International relations
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| SUBJECT |
Turkey -- Relations -- United States
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United States -- Relations -- Turkey
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Turkey -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138786
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| Subject |
Turkey
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786723932 |
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178672393X |
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