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Istanbul, quand? C'est l'homme qui provoque les catastrophes!

Istanbul, quand? C'est l'homme qui provoque les catastrophes!

Nous avons tous vu, désormais, tant et tant d'images et de vidéos désolantes, poignantes, tragiques. Immeubles transformés en mille-feuilles de béton ou renversés de côté, infrastructures détruites ou impraticables, phénomènes de submersion, incendies tandis que la population survivante assiste, impuissante aux efforts des secouristes. N
What the Genocide Did to Turkey

What the Genocide Did to Turkey

Based on the hypothesis of the existence among the Turkish population of a generalized feeling of guilt, consecutive to the genocide of 1915, I reconsider here nationalism and the writing of history in Turkey (even in their excessive characters) as effects of the genocide. The feeling of guilt and the impossibility (or refusal) of mourning have ind
Ottoman Past and Hyper-Reactivity to History, 1996-1998

Ottoman Past and Hyper-Reactivity to History, 1996-1998

[Originally published in French on March 13, 2013, on susam-sokak.fr, under the title “Nous sommes les petits-enfants des Ottomans” https://www.susam-sokak.fr/article-esquisse-n-36-les-ottomans-ne-passeront-pas-116237146.html] An unimportant, rather pleasant event. It is not a drama, there are no victims, not even an altercation, only some insu
A 'Discourse of Truth' from the Turkish State on the Kurds

A 'Discourse of Truth' from the Turkish State on the Kurds

[Published in French on susam-sokak.fr on January 19, 2013] At the end of April 1998, the General Staff of the Turkish Army organized, on the premises of the Ziraat Bank on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, an exhibition on " The Turkish Armed Forces in their fight against terrorism ", which aimed to denounce the violence of the "terrorist organization"
Goddess Zilan. A Dive into PKK's Mythology

Goddess Zilan. A Dive into PKK's Mythology

In the preceding article on the suicide attack of June 1996, the first committed by the PKK on Turkish soil, I focused on the fact itself, mainly using a set of press articles gathered at the time of the event. In 2015, almost twenty years after the suicide attack, when paying a visit to the Mitanni Cultural Center in Nusaybin, I noticed, among oth
Torrents of Tears

Torrents of Tears

During the 90s, the war had entered everybody's life in Turkey, even for those living far away from the clashes; war had become an almost everyday “ground noise” made of signs and icons, at the least. It had taken away young men and sent back coffins. On funeral days, it irrupted into the heart of small or great cities in the form of mourn and
On ne peut pas prévenir un séisme mais on peut prévenir une catastrophe

On ne peut pas prévenir un séisme mais on peut prévenir une catastrophe

Comme suite à l'article précédent, j'ai choisi de traduire un texte de la même source, l'Union des chambres d'ingénieurs et et architectes de Turquie (TMMOB), mais beaucoup plus récent, publié sur le site de cette association le 18 août 2022, à l'occasion de l'anniversaire du grand séisme de la Marmara (1999). Nous sommes six mois avant l
Gérard Groc

Gérard Groc

Gérard Groc nous a quittés le 3 août, à l’âge de 71 ans. La nouvelle a stupéfié tous ceux qui le connaissaient: en mars encore, il présentait à la MMSH d’Aix en Provence une conférence sur les enjeux des élections en Turquie… Gérard était un homme de grande et fière stature, un géant moustachu, souriant, optimiste et chaleureux
Anatolia Settles in Town

Anatolia Settles in Town

[This paper was first published in French in susam-sokak.fr, on December 24, 2014 - https://www.susam-sokak.fr/2014/12/l-anatolie-en-ville.html] During the 1990s, Turkish daily newspapers sometimes presented on the front page a photograph taken in a very poor rural environment. A bumpy road or a dirt track crossing a landscape of scarce vegetation,