Turkish studies, as a seemingly autonomous field of
knowledge, has not been critically examined. Turkology is the subject of
several handbooks and journal issues, as well as numerous articles,
which are mostly the works of specialists who seek to retrace a
tradition, reassess the state of the field, or pay tribute to their
predecessors. With few exceptions, they generally provide a linear,
internalist, if not hagiographic narrative centered on the
“life-and-work” of a series of outstanding individuals. Moreover,
conducted country by country, these bio-bibliographic surveys tend to
neglect the circulation of ideas, men and artifacts, and rarely confront
different traditions. Lastly, in Turkey, the history of Turkish studies
is often conflated with that of Turkism, therefore conveying a strong
nationalist imaginary. In sum, the available literature says little
about the epistemological but also social, political, and economic
dynamics behind the constitution of the field: these are the dynamics we
wish to investigate.
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