In an increasingly globalized world, the engagement of diasporic communities in trans-nationalism has become a potent force. Here, Banu Senay argues that expanding channels of communication have provided the Turkish state with more scope to mobilize its nationals abroad around official Kemalist ideology - in this case, in Australia. It is through the prism of 'long-distance Kemalism' that this book explores ideas of nationalism identity politics and cross-border mobilization. While the Turkish state injects its presence into everyday life - through its consular institutions and its...
In an increasingly globalized world, the engagement of diasporic communities in trans-nationalism has become a potent force. Here, Banu Senay argue...