The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA), in partnership with The University of Utah, is pleased to announce the launch of the Turkish Studies Project website. The website includes the past and ongoing activities of the Turkish Studies Project, sponsored by TCA, at The University of Utah.
The Turkish Studies Project has four purposes. (1) Educate a new generation of scholars who are sensitive to the history, culture of Turkey. (2) Build a new bridge between Turkish universities and The University of Utah through faculty and student exchange programs. (3) Continue publishing books on Turkey and Turkish history for the general public. (4) Carry out adult education through an outreach program geared toward teachers and the Turkish diaspora.
The project supports a series of conferences, books, lectures, and articles to decipher Orientalism and the dehumanization of the Turks in the Balkans and Caucasus by focusing on Russia’s role, especially in the intellectual domain. The project also assists interested parties, the general public, and stakeholders in exploring the past and shaping contemporary Turkic-majority states and their relationships with modern Turkey via scholarly work, community participation, social media, and support for new research.
The program’s website, led by Dr. Hakan Yavuz, showcases the publications, books, and op-eds, written since the inception of the grant project in 2009. Topics cover a broad range: Memory, Identity, History, and Nationalism: Socio-Economic and Political Origins and Contemporary Challenges of Turkish Peoples in Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia, Including Relations with Modern Turkey (“Origins and Contemporary Challenge of Turkic Peoples”).
