An archaeology of the Turkish war of independence : landscape and time /
"This book is about the conflict which resolved the Greek-Turkish War of 1919-1922: the Great Offensive. On 26 August 1922, the army of the GNA executed the Great Offensive against the Greek defence line extending from the Bay of Gemlik to the Meander River. The Turkish Forces split the Greek A...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2023.
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| Series: | Material culture and modern conflict.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Historical background: from defeat of the Ottoman Empire to foundation of the Turkish Republic
- Hector's vengeance: historical background of the echoes of the Great Offensive
- Battlefields and material remains of the Great Offensive
- Those hard days: memoryscapes of the Greco-Turkish War
- 'Beware of the buried': the locals, landscape and material culture of the Great Offensive
- Imaginings of the Great Offensive
- The day of the Turk: commemoration of the Great Offensive
- Experiencing the battlefield as a visitor
- Living in the battlefield of Dumlupınar
- Conclusion: timelines, spaces and echoes of the Great Offensive.