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  Geographies of revival and erasure: Neo-Ottoman sites of memory in Istanbul, Thessaloniki, and Budapest


Walton, J. F. (2016). Geographies of revival and erasure: Neo-Ottoman sites of memory in Istanbul, Thessaloniki, and Budapest
. Die Welt des Islams, 56(3-4), 511-533. doi:10.1163/15700607-05634p11.

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Free keywords: memory
;  historicity
;  space and place
;  neo-Ottomanism
;  Istanbul
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;  Budapest

 Abstract: In this article, I draw on Pierre Nora’s concept of “sites of memory” to explore the material textures and political effects of neo-Ottomanism in three locations: Miniatürk, a theme park in Istanbul that features scale replicas of many prominent Ottoman structures; Thessaloniki’s New Mosque, a former place of worship for the syncretic religious community of the dönme; and the Tomb of Gül Baba, a 16th-century Sufi dervish and saint, in Budapest. My exposition moves in two directions. On the one hand, I emphasize how sites of memory frequently serve to bolster dominant, politicized discourses of neo-Ottomanism. On the other hand, I trace how sites of renascent Ottoman memory – especially those outside of Turkey – undermine and contradict the premises of neo-Ottomanism in unanticipated ways. Over the course of my article, I develop the concept of “disciplined historicity” as a method for approaching sites of memory that integrates both historical knowledge and appreciation for the material and aesthetic qualities of the spaces in question.


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 Dates: 20162016
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1163/15700607-05634p11
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Title: Die Welt des Islams
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 56 (3-4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 511 - 533 Identifier: ISSN: 0043-2539