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Türkiye'de Toplumsal Dönüşüm
''Bu kitap, Türkiye toplumunun modernleşme çabalarının önemli bir boyutu üzerinde duruyor; kırdan kente göçün doğurduğu gecekondulaşma ile yaşanan toplumsal dönüşüm ve kentleşme olgusunu inceliyor. Kemal H. Karpat, bu süreci kırsal nüfusun kentlere akını ve kentleri kırsallaştırıp köylüleştirmesi gibi sığ bir çerçevede değil, Türkiye'nin yaşadığı daha büyük ölçekli toplumsal ve iktisadi dönüşümünün bir yansıması olarak ele alıyor. Türkiye'de Toplumsal Dönüşüm "gecekondulaşma"yı, geleneksel kentsel toplumun değer yargılarıyla basitçe omuzlamak yerine, derin bir tarihsel kavrayış içinde, evrensel ve kuramsal boyutunu ihmal etmeden, özgün bir yaklaşım ve üslupla inceleyen ilk ve ender çalışmalardan biridir.'' http://www.idefix.com/
319 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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Kemal H. Karpat
56 books27 followersKemal Haşim Karpat was born in the village of Armutlu in the Dobruja region of Romania on February 15, 1923. Descending from Crimean Tatar immigrants, Karpat was proud of his heritage and frequently returned to his family’s roots in his scholarship. In the midst of World War II, he left Romania for Turkey where he ultimately entered Istanbul University Law School, graduating in 1947. While in law school, he also received Turkish citizenship.
Always interested in new challenges and adventures, Karpat moved to the United States to study political science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Upon completing his master’s degree, he pursued his doctorate at New York University where he also worked in the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the Turkish delegation. In 1957, he completed his PhD in political science and took his first teaching job at Montana State University. He enjoyed recounting how as a Crimean Tatar born in Romania with Turkish citizenship his first class at MSU was teaching American Constitution. Two years later he published Turkey’s Politics, an extended version of his dissertation in which he emphasized the continuity between the late Ottoman era and Republican Turkey, a theme he revisited throughout his career. He returned to NYU in 1962 as an associate professor.
In 1967 he settled permanently in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He recalled that he was drawn to the UW to develop a Middle East studies program because many of the department’s members were the leading scholars in their fields like George Mosse, Jan Vansina, and David Cronon, among others. He said that their excellence pushed him to be a better scholar. Additionally, during his initial visit to campus he took a drive in the countryside outside of Madison and found the landscape reminiscent of the lands of his childhood in Dobruja. He had found his home. At Wisconsin Karpat mentored over two dozen PhD students, hosted countless conferences, was named a Distinguished Professor (1979), published the International Journal of Turkish Studies (1980-), developed the Central Asian Studies program (1989), and founded the Center for Turkish Studies (2001). To ensure the study of Ottoman history at the UW, he personally provided financial support for the Kemal H. Karpat Professorship in Ottoman History.
As a teacher, Karpat was demanding of his students, always pushing for further research, and encouraging the acquisition of new languages. Over meals with graduate students at his home he repeatedly told them that he always regretted in graduate school that his professors did not push him to become the best scholar possible, so he felt obliged to avoid this mistake with his own students. His undergraduate classes in Ottoman and modern Middle East history were always at capacity. He kept students rapt with his engaging lecture style and his often humorous storytelling.
Professor Karpat was known to most as a scholar, authoring or editing over two dozen books and over one hundred articles. Among his many works are Inquiry into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State (1973), The Gecekondu: Rural Migration and Urbanization (1976), Ottoman Population, 1830–1914: Demographics and Social Characteristics (1985), and The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State (2001), all of which had major impacts in their field.
Professor Karpat also did much to promote Ottoman, Turkish, and Central Asian studies outside of the University of Wisconsin as well. He was the founding president of the Turkish Studies Group from 1971–74, renamed the Turkish Studies Association (1972), and now known as the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association. He served as the president of the Middle East Studies Association (1985). He was the founding chair of the Central Asian Studies Association, serving from 1985–95. His expertise on Turkey, Central Asia,
Always interested in new challenges and adventures, Karpat moved to the United States to study political science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Upon completing his master’s degree, he pursued his doctorate at New York University where he also worked in the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the Turkish delegation. In 1957, he completed his PhD in political science and took his first teaching job at Montana State University. He enjoyed recounting how as a Crimean Tatar born in Romania with Turkish citizenship his first class at MSU was teaching American Constitution. Two years later he published Turkey’s Politics, an extended version of his dissertation in which he emphasized the continuity between the late Ottoman era and Republican Turkey, a theme he revisited throughout his career. He returned to NYU in 1962 as an associate professor.
In 1967 he settled permanently in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He recalled that he was drawn to the UW to develop a Middle East studies program because many of the department’s members were the leading scholars in their fields like George Mosse, Jan Vansina, and David Cronon, among others. He said that their excellence pushed him to be a better scholar. Additionally, during his initial visit to campus he took a drive in the countryside outside of Madison and found the landscape reminiscent of the lands of his childhood in Dobruja. He had found his home. At Wisconsin Karpat mentored over two dozen PhD students, hosted countless conferences, was named a Distinguished Professor (1979), published the International Journal of Turkish Studies (1980-), developed the Central Asian Studies program (1989), and founded the Center for Turkish Studies (2001). To ensure the study of Ottoman history at the UW, he personally provided financial support for the Kemal H. Karpat Professorship in Ottoman History.
As a teacher, Karpat was demanding of his students, always pushing for further research, and encouraging the acquisition of new languages. Over meals with graduate students at his home he repeatedly told them that he always regretted in graduate school that his professors did not push him to become the best scholar possible, so he felt obliged to avoid this mistake with his own students. His undergraduate classes in Ottoman and modern Middle East history were always at capacity. He kept students rapt with his engaging lecture style and his often humorous storytelling.
Professor Karpat was known to most as a scholar, authoring or editing over two dozen books and over one hundred articles. Among his many works are Inquiry into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State (1973), The Gecekondu: Rural Migration and Urbanization (1976), Ottoman Population, 1830–1914: Demographics and Social Characteristics (1985), and The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State (2001), all of which had major impacts in their field.
Professor Karpat also did much to promote Ottoman, Turkish, and Central Asian studies outside of the University of Wisconsin as well. He was the founding president of the Turkish Studies Group from 1971–74, renamed the Turkish Studies Association (1972), and now known as the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association. He served as the president of the Middle East Studies Association (1985). He was the founding chair of the Central Asian Studies Association, serving from 1985–95. His expertise on Turkey, Central Asia,
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October 2, 2023
Turkiye'yi sekillendiren olgular arasinda ilk siralari alabilecek koyden kente goc surecini inceleyen az sayidaki calismadan -ya da ben bulamiyorum- biri bu kitap.
Kitabin girisinde Kemal Karpat, bu calismayi yapmasindaki amacin, koy ve kent arasindaki derin kulturel ucurumun goc vasitasiyla asilarak, koy (milli) kulturunun sehri donusturerek daha saglikli bir modernlesme ve daha butuncul bir topluma yol acagini dusunmesi oldugunu soyluyor.
Bugunden bakinca,iki hipotezinden ilkinin dogru oldugunu soyleyebiliriz; gercekten de ucurum kapandi ve sehir kulturu donustu. Ancak bunun saglikli bir modernlesmeye donustugunu herhalde -en azindan bugun icin- kimse iddia etmez.
Burada tarihci bakis acisiyla sosyoloji ve siyaset yorumlamasinda genel olarak gorulen problemden bahsedebiliriz: belki 100 sene icinde hakli cikacak -ancak biz olmus olacagiz. Kitap da bu "kentin gecekondu ile donusmesi` konusunda zayif kaliyor dogrusu; odak noktasinda kentten ziyade gecekondu yerlesimi oldugu icin, kitabin baslangicindaki hipotezleri destekleyecek bir calisma degil. Kemal Karpat savini desteklemek icin gecekondu sakinlerinin kente dair olumlu tutumlari ve hayatlarindaki pozitif degisimlerin farkinda olmalari ve kent kulturune adapte olmaya istekli olmalarina odaklaniyor. Bunun ileride saglikli bir topluma sebep olacagi sonucuna ise atliyor.
Yukaridaki elestirilerin yaninda kitap/arastirma cok guzel. Ozellikle gecekondularin klasik varoslardan (slum) farklarinin degerlendirilmesi ve gecekonduda yasayan insanlarin donusum surecini, kendi iclerindeki iliskileri, cemaat ve lider yapilari, sorunlari, beklentileri ve ulke siyasetiyle iliskileri cok detayli ve bilgilendirici.
Kitabin girisinde Kemal Karpat, bu calismayi yapmasindaki amacin, koy ve kent arasindaki derin kulturel ucurumun goc vasitasiyla asilarak, koy (milli) kulturunun sehri donusturerek daha saglikli bir modernlesme ve daha butuncul bir topluma yol acagini dusunmesi oldugunu soyluyor.
Bugunden bakinca,iki hipotezinden ilkinin dogru oldugunu soyleyebiliriz; gercekten de ucurum kapandi ve sehir kulturu donustu. Ancak bunun saglikli bir modernlesmeye donustugunu herhalde -en azindan bugun icin- kimse iddia etmez.
Burada tarihci bakis acisiyla sosyoloji ve siyaset yorumlamasinda genel olarak gorulen problemden bahsedebiliriz: belki 100 sene icinde hakli cikacak -ancak biz olmus olacagiz. Kitap da bu "kentin gecekondu ile donusmesi` konusunda zayif kaliyor dogrusu; odak noktasinda kentten ziyade gecekondu yerlesimi oldugu icin, kitabin baslangicindaki hipotezleri destekleyecek bir calisma degil. Kemal Karpat savini desteklemek icin gecekondu sakinlerinin kente dair olumlu tutumlari ve hayatlarindaki pozitif degisimlerin farkinda olmalari ve kent kulturune adapte olmaya istekli olmalarina odaklaniyor. Bunun ileride saglikli bir topluma sebep olacagi sonucuna ise atliyor.
Yukaridaki elestirilerin yaninda kitap/arastirma cok guzel. Ozellikle gecekondularin klasik varoslardan (slum) farklarinin degerlendirilmesi ve gecekonduda yasayan insanlarin donusum surecini, kendi iclerindeki iliskileri, cemaat ve lider yapilari, sorunlari, beklentileri ve ulke siyasetiyle iliskileri cok detayli ve bilgilendirici.
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May 28, 2019"Türkiye’de Toplumsal Dönüşüm, “gecekondulaşma”yı, derin bir tarihsel kavrayış içinde, evrensel ve kuramsal boyutunu ihmal etmeden, özgün bir üslupla inceleyen ender çalışmalardan biridir."
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