Turkey : the insane and the melancholy /: the insane and the melancholy. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ece Temelkuran ; translated by Zeynep Beler.
• Authors: Temelkuran, Ece, 1973-
• Contents: Introduction. Yesterday ; Today ; Tomorrow -- Yesterday. The origins of forgetting ; How is indifference learned? ; Orphans, fathers and resentment ; "Such a generation we shall raise..." ; Fascism or downright vengeance? ; Turkey's disorganised photo album -- Today/morning. A woman's "unindictable" murder ; "Us" and "them" ; The hour of "Long live our Padishah!" ; The bloodiest front in social projects ; A split-meaning, split-screen way of watching : news hour in Turkey ; Goddamn it! ; The grey daubs of the city proving presence through absence ; The mesmerising vulgarity ; Children of the "Zero Problem" policy : the expedient and inexpedient ; The meatballs of "the people" beat Macbeth to death ; Opposite meanings of the peace sign : Kurds and Turks ; Official memory versus actual memory -- Tomorrow : "What will become of this bridge of ours?". Appetite and hope ; Down! down! down! down! ; Women and children first! ; Middle Easternisation and the question "should we go?" ; The "safety valve" that cannot be located ; Broken bridges, new bridges.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 956.104; Authoritarianism -- Turkey; HISTORY / Middle East / General; Authoritarianism; Politics and government; Turkey -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Turkey; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783608911; 1783608919; 9781783608928; 1783608927
• Related ISBNs: 9781783608904; 1783608900; 9781783608898; 1783608897
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 13, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.