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The Lausanne conference of 1922–23 and the battle over the conscription of the non-Muslim minorities in Turkey.
- Source :
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Immigrants & Minorities . Jul2024, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p190-220. 31p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The article examines why it was important to the modern republican Turkish state, which saw the non-Muslim minorities as a threat to its security and a potential source of fifth column activities, to propose their inclusion in the draft. In order to answer this question, the article explores the issue of the recruitment of the non-Muslim minorities as presented in the official protocols and in writings of the senior Turkish decision-makers who attended the Lausanne conference of 1922–23. The main argument of this article is that the introduction of non-Muslim conscription in modern Turkey was less an act of integration and more a contribution to two broader aims: demographic engineering to remove 'suspect' or 'unassimilable' national and religious minorities, and economic Turkification, which aimed to force transfer of property from non-Muslim into Muslim hands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02619288
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Immigrants & Minorities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178152860
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02619288.2024.2369844