How did Turkey move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? The book traces the shifting valences of vatan (Arabic for "birthplace" or "homeland") from the Ottoman period--when it signified a certain territorial integrity and imperial ideology--through its acquisition of religious undertones and its evolution alongside the concept of millet (nation),
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Searching for a new legitimacy : Ottoman patriotism and imperial vatan -- From imperial to national vatan -- From geography to vatan -- Vatan and Turkey's foreign policy.
