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From empires past to nation state: Figurative public statues in Istanbul

dc.contributor.authorGür, Faik
dc.contributor.authorTaner, Melis
dc.contributor.authorTürker, D.
dc.contributor.departmentInternational Relations
dc.contributor.departmentArchitecture
dc.contributor.ozuauthorGÜR, Faik
dc.contributor.ozuauthorTANER, Melis
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-21T14:50:31Z
dc.date.available2023-05-21T14:50:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractStatues, landmarks, and monumental architecture visibly mark and inscribe meaning into urban space. This is true everywhere, but it is particularly striking in Istanbul. When the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in the fifteenth century, they encountered a city with a rich and layered history stretching back over 2,000 years, where statues had always been important in propagating and legitimizing imperial power. Nineteenth-century governors and, subsequently, khedives of Egypt more readily accepted figural sculpture, especially to assert their political legitimacy in the public arena. The Hamidian regime also encouraged the erection of monuments in the capital and elsewhere to affirm diplomatic alliances that sealed economic partnerships and postwar treaties. Taksim Square came to represent the new and the national in Istanbul as opposed to Sultanahmet and Beyazit, the squares of the imperial past, as the new regime evolved into a coherent political body implementing top down modernization for the sake of building a modern secular nation-state.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9780367815462-10en_US
dc.identifier.endpage256en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-036741638-6en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85104802416
dc.identifier.startpage226en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/8294
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780367815462-10
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Statues Across Time and Cultures
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.relation.publicationcategoryInternational
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.titleFrom empires past to nation state: Figurative public statues in Istanbulen_US
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