Turkish linguists against the west: The origins of linguistic nationalism in Atatürk's Turkey

Middle Eastern Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Aytürk, Ilker ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; WESTERN WORLD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 8844259779     PISSN: 00263206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0026320042000282856     Document Type: Review

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