Deep Mountain - Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide

“Ece Temelkuran dissects the process by which false and true national memories are created and why they are sustained ... This is a book that transforms this ancient Armenian-Turkish dispute into a human drama.”—Theodore Zeldin Informationen zum Autor Ece Temelkuran is one of Turkey's best-known journalists and political commentators, writing regularly for the Turkish newspaper Habertürk . She has published widely and won numerous awards for her work, including the Pen for Peace Award and Turkish Journalist of the Year. Klappentext A personal and political journey to the heart of the Turkey-Armenia conflict, by Turkey s most famous female journalist. Offers an account of the role of national myths and memories, and how they are sustained and distorted over time, both within Turkey and Armenia, as well as among the vast Armenian diasporas of France and America. This book looks at the part nationalism plays in the way we see ourselves and others.

Product details

• Authors: Ece Temelkuran
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2010
• EAN: 9781844674237
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-423-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Armenia, Turkey, Türkiye / Turkey