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Turkey to teach Blue Homeland doctrine in schools
Manage episode 421133176 series 2631806
This month Ankara moved to include the Blue Homeland doctrine, which expresses Ankara’s controversial maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean, in Turkish school curriculums. In the meantime, Turkish President Erdogan once again took the opportunity on May 29th, 571 years after the fall of Constantinople, to make reference to conquests of the past, tying them to his vision for today’s Turkey. Ryan Gingeras joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Turkey’s decision to teach the Blue Homeland in Turkish schools, its wider ramifications, and explore the link between the rhetoric of conquest we’ve become used to hearing from Erdogan and policies like Blue Homeland.
Ryan Gingeras is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and an expert on Turkish, Balkan, and Middle East history. The views expressed in this interview are his own and do not reflect the views of the US government.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Blue Homeland doctrine planted in Turkish schools
Libya maritime deal also in Turkish schools
Turkey celebrates 1453 Constantinople fall
Olympiakos triumphs in Conference League final
Panathinaikos wins its seventh European crown
Greece to go ahead with plans for Aegean marine park, PM says
1030 episodes
Manage episode 421133176 series 2631806
This month Ankara moved to include the Blue Homeland doctrine, which expresses Ankara’s controversial maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean, in Turkish school curriculums. In the meantime, Turkish President Erdogan once again took the opportunity on May 29th, 571 years after the fall of Constantinople, to make reference to conquests of the past, tying them to his vision for today’s Turkey. Ryan Gingeras joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Turkey’s decision to teach the Blue Homeland in Turkish schools, its wider ramifications, and explore the link between the rhetoric of conquest we’ve become used to hearing from Erdogan and policies like Blue Homeland.
Ryan Gingeras is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and an expert on Turkish, Balkan, and Middle East history. The views expressed in this interview are his own and do not reflect the views of the US government.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Blue Homeland doctrine planted in Turkish schools
Libya maritime deal also in Turkish schools
Turkey celebrates 1453 Constantinople fall
Olympiakos triumphs in Conference League final
Panathinaikos wins its seventh European crown
Greece to go ahead with plans for Aegean marine park, PM says
1030 episodes
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