Jonathan Conlin talks agency, emplotment and subjectivity with Laura Almagor and Haakon Ikonomou, editors of a new volume addressing global biography.
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The Hittite Delegation
The Treaty of Sèvres had seen the Powers grab their share of Anatolia’s ancient past. At Lausanne, Hélène Maloigne reveals, the new Republic staked an exclusive claim to Hittite antiquities as their “birthright.”
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PODCAST – Episode 19 (Part II): The Safer Bet?
In the second half of their conversation Djene Rhys Bajalan and Ozan Ozavci consider the Kurds’ relationship with Russia and Britain, the Kurdish perception of Lausanne, and the 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion.
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PODCAST – Episode 19 (Part I): What did the Kurds want?
Djene Rhys Bajalan explains to Ozan Ozavci why we need to challenge traditional accounts of Kurdish political (in)activity around the Paris Peace Conference.
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Souvenir from Samos
Panagiotis Karagkounis recalls the highlights from this summer’s workshop on “The Global 1922”.
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Verdeeld over İzmir
Lourens Crielaard on the surprisingly contrasting narratives in Dutch media coverage of the Great Fire of September 1922 in İzmir/Smyrna.
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The ‘Wonder Woman’ of Diplomacy
Ozan Ozavci tells the story of Bulgarian Nadejda Stancioff, the only woman delegate at Lausanne.
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An Advocate of Ruthless Discipline
Ümit Kurt reflects on one of the leaders of the Committee of Union and Progress, Cemal Pasha, and his ambivalent relationship with Ottoman Armenians.
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Protection or Posturing?
Konstantinos Tsitselikis asks whether the minority protection clauses of Lausanne remain fit for anything – except posturing by Greek and Turkish leaders.
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Enver Enigma
Alp Yenen reflects on one of the most divisive figures in Turkey’s political history, on the exact centenary of his death: August 4, 2022.
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This Sacred Egoism
Andrei Tirtan considers the hopes Arab leaders invested in Turkey at Lausanne, and the lessons learned from the shattering of their hopes.
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The Lotus Position
Selman Aksünger tells a tale of two ships that did not pass in the night.
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The View from Belgrade
Emma Hatto introduces the Yugoslavian delegation at Lausanne, and notes their ambivalent relations with the Greeks during the negotiations.
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PODCAST – Episode 18: If those walls could talk…
…what would the paintings say? Laura Popoviciu and Andrew Parratt explain to Jonathan Conlin how they curated the recent rehang of the UK Embassy in Ankara.
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My Grandfather and Me
Ali Fethi Okyar’s grandson and namesake reflects on his grandfather’s life, and his own.
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PODCAST – Episode 17: Arab Exclusion at Lausanne
Elizabeth F. Thompson and Ozan Ozavci discuss Arab agency and exclusion at Lausanne, and its implications for the history of the wider Arab world, past and present.
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Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
Aytek Soner Alpan discusses the difficulties faced by the Turkish (Muslim) exchangees after 1923, and how they resisted the over-centralized and chaotic policies adopted by the Turkish government.
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The Duce’s Debut
As Vanda Wilcox shows, Mussolini made quite an entrance at the Lausanne Conference – but what was his agenda?
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PODCAST – Episode 16: The Epitome of Loss
Lerna Ekmekçioğlu and Ozan Ozavci discuss the Armenian mission to Lausanne in 1922-3, the (performative) support they received from the Allied Powers and the Turkish response to plans for an autonomous Armenian Home.
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Dada Ha-Ha
Born of boredom, the “Museum” created by the Lausanne press corps in May 1923 was, Jonathan Conlin discovers, actually quite interesting.
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PODCAST – Episode 15: Dowry of the State
Ellinor Morack explains to Jonathan Conlin how she unpicked the tangled process of expropriation and re-allocation by which early Republican Turkey sought to create a “national economy”.
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The Strongest Premier in Europe?
The Bulgarian premier was one of the more colourful figures at Lausanne. John Paul Newman explains how Aleksandur Stambolyski sought to bring stability after a torrid ten years marked by impressive advances and sharp reversals.
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Not In Their League
It was assumed that Turkey would join the League of Nations after ratifying the 1923 Treaty. But as Carolin Liebisch-Gümüş shows, there were some bumps in the road from Lausanne to Geneva.
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PODCAST – Episode 14: Contesting Post-Kemalism
Ozan Ozavci invites İlker Aytürk to develop his critical response to Erik-Jan Zürcher’s arguments in last month’s TLP podcast.
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What is Global in the Greek-Turkish 1922?
Co-founder of The Global 1922 project, Georgios Giannakopoulos writes about the significance of 2022 for modern Greek and global history.
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PODCAST – Episode 13: Occupational History
Jonathan Conlin talks to Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal about Britain’s short-lived post-WWI empire in the eastern Mediterranean.
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One Year On
Ozan Ozavci and Jonathan Conlin survey the Lausanne Project’s first year and announce plans for 2023.
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The Turkish Patient
by Zenonas Tziarras
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PODCAST – Episode 12 (Part II): The Monopoly of Two Cultures
Erik-Jan Zürcher and Ozan Ozavci consider the two faces of Turkish historiography, as well as the tendency of Turkey’s political culture to relapse into authoritarianism after each liberal democratic opening.
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PODCAST – Episode 12 (Part I): ‘A Realistic Solution’
Erik-Jan Zürcher talks to Ozan Ozavci about the treaties of Sèvres, Lausanne and their legacy in different official histories of Turkey.
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