Turkey in the Cold War Ideology and Culture

This volume examines the cultural and ideological dimensions of the Cold War in Turkey. Departing from the conventional focus on diplomacy and military, the collection focuses on Cold War's impact on Turkish society and intellectuals. It includes chapters on media and propaganda, literature, sports, as well as foreign aid and assistance.

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction - Turkey's Cold War: Global Influences, Local Reflections; Cangül Örnek and Ça?da? Üngör PART I: PROPAGANDA AND DISCOURSE 1. Cold War in the Pulpit: The Presidency of Religious Affairs and Sermons during the Time of Anarchy and Communist Threat; Ceren Kenar and Do?an Gürp?nar 2. China and the Turkish Public Opinion during the Cold War: The Case of Cultural Revolution (1966-69); Ça?da? Üngör 3. Cultural Cold War at the ?zmir International Fair: 1950s-1960s; Sezgi Durgun 4. Engagement of a Communist Intellectual in the Cold War Ideological Struggle: Naz?m Hikmet's 1951 Bulgaria Visit; Gözde Somel and Nesli?ah Ba?aran PART II: CULTURE AND SPORT 5. Issues of Ideology and Identity in Turkish Literature during the Cold War; Çimen Günay Erkol 6. 'The Populist Effect': Promotion and Reception of American Literature in Turkey in the 1950s; Cangül Örnek 7. From Battlefields to Football Fields: Turkish Sports Diplomacy in the Post-World War II Period; Da?han Irak PART III: FOREIGN AID AND ASSISTANCE 8. Land-Grant Education in Turkey: Atatürk University and American Technical Assistance, 1954-68; Richard Garlitz 9. Negotiating an Institutional Framework for Turkey's Marshall Plan: Conditions and Limits of Power Inequalities; Burçak Keskin Kozat

Nesli?ah Leman Ba?aran, PhD Student, Strasbourg University, France Sezgi Durgun, Lecturer, Marmara University, Turkey Çimen Günay Erkol, Assistant Professor, Ozyegin University, Turkey Richard Garlitz, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Do?an Gürp?nar, Lecturer, Fatih University, Turkey Da?han Irak, independent researcher and a sports writer Ceren Kenar, PhD Student, American University of Beirut Burçak Keskin-Kozat, Associate Director, Stanford University, USA Gözde Somel, PhD Student, Middle East Technical University, Turkey