Kubilay Icon of Secularism

Author(s):
Azak, U.
Published
2008
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Located on a hilltop in Menemen, Izmir, the monument to Turkey’s “first martyr of secularism,” Kubilay, has recently become a major site for the defenders of secularism against the AKP government. Isolated from the town below and surrounded by competing sacred sites, this monument reflects the gap between national history and alternative local histories.

Turkey
Date issued
2008
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Review (2008), Vol. 21, no. 1, p. 38-39
hdl
1887/17222