Self-Determination after the Empire: Popular Sovereignty and Local Autonomy in the Turkish Revolution

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Brief Overview

The article approaches the 1920s Turkish Republican Revolution as an anti-imperialist nationalism, arguing that the historiographic move enables a better understanding of the revolution as well as the later post-colonial nationalisms of 20th century.

Author

• Burak Tan, University of Chicago