Introduction -- 1928 to 1938. Pire Necmi and the mystery of the self-hating Turk -- Homeland security: Cem's detective hero Cemal Dogan instructs Turks how to protect Turkish sovereignty -- 1939 to 1950. Turkish and non-Turkish character traits developed in Murat Akdogan's detective fiction series, 1941 to 1944 -- Samancigil's Turkish detective hero Hizir Kaplan and the introduction of rationalism and skepticism to Turkish youth -- Ziya Calikoglu's feminist detective hero Vefa Polad -- Conclusion
Summary
This book shows how Turkish detective fiction written between 1928 and 1945 aided in the top-down process of transmitting concepts of Turkish nationalism to the public by adhering very closely to Kemalist concepts of Turkish nationalism
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--McGill University, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 19, 2018)
