Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyse the construction of Turkish national identity as ‘we’ and ‘they’ in textbooks taught in the primary schools during the first years of the Republic of Turkey and the beginning of the 2000s in the context of narration of the Turkish War of Independence. The main material of the study consists of history and social studies textbooks. In this scope, four primary school history textbooks taught in the first years of the Republic of Turkey and four social studies textbooks taught at the primary school level at the beginning of the 2000s were selected. In selection of these textbooks care was taken to ensure that they were compliant with the curriculum in force at the time and that they were approved by the authorities responsible for education. Document analysis method was employed to gather subject data from the textbooks in question. The data gathered by this method were analysed using content analysis technique. The result of the analysis identified important and striking differences in the construction of Turkish national identity as ‘we’ and ‘they’ in the context of the Turkish War of Independence in textbooks from the two time periods.

摘要

本研究的目的是分析土耳其共和国成立之初和 2000 年代初小学教科书中“我们”和“他们”的土耳其民族认同的建构。土耳其独立战争。该研究的主要材料包括历史和社会研究教科书。在此范围内，选择了土耳其共和国成立初期教授的四本小学历史教科书和 2000 年代初小学阶段教授的四本社会研究教科书。在选择这些教科书时，要注意确保它们符合当时有效的课程，并得到负责教育的当局的批准。采用文献分析法从相关教科书中收集学科数据。使用内容分析技术分析通过该方法收集的数据。分析结果表明，在土耳其独立战争背景下，两个时期的教科书在构建土耳其民族认同方面存在重要而显着的差异，即“我们”和“他们”。