Other Colors by Orhan Pamuk

Other Colors by Orhan Pamuk

Author:Orhan Pamuk [Pamuk, Orhan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Vintage


To set these remarks alongside Gide’s is to wonder whether Atatürk shared Gide’s low opinion of Turkish national dress. We have no idea if Atatürk read Gide’s remarks, though we know that Yahya Kemal, a member of his inner circle, had read them and expressed strong indignation in a letter. However, what matters here is that Atatürk, like Gide, viewed dress as a measure of civilization:

When the citizens of the Turkish Republic declare that they are civilized, they are obliged to prove that they are so in their family life and in their lifestyle. A costume which, if you will excuse the expression, is half flute, half rifle barrel is neither national nor international.



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