Turkophilia
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A Turkophile or Turcophile, (Turkish: Türksever) is a person who has a strong positive predisposition or sympathy toward the government, culture, history, or people of Turkey.[1] This could include Turkey itself and its history, the Turkish language, Turkish cuisine, and literature, or in the broader sense, the Turkic peoples in general. The opposite of a Turkophile is a Turkophobe is a person who shows hostility, intolerance, or racism against Turkish or Turkic people, Turkish culture and Turkic countries.
Early modern times
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In Western discourse, the term "Turcophile" is often linked to the cultural phenomenon of Turquerie, reflecting the broader European admiration for the customs, aesthetics, and splendor of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although these concepts have distinct historical foundations, they both reflect the influence and presence of Turkish culture, traditions, and artistic heritage within the European context.
Notable Turkophiles
[edit]- Marmaduke Pickthall,[2] English novelist and Islamic scholar
- Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley,[3] Irish peer
- Jean-Étienne Liotard,[1] Swiss painter, art connoisseur and dealer
- David Urquhart,[4][5] Scottish diplomat, writer and politician
- Ármin Vámbéry,[6] Hungarian Turkologist and traveller
- Ernst Jäckh,[7] German author
- Pierre Loti,[8] French naval officer and novelist
- Juanito, French singer
- Lev Gumilyov,[9][10] Soviet historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
- Dimitrie Ralet,[11] Moldavian politician and writer
See also
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[edit]- ^ a b "Lived Like a Turk, Painted Like a Turk: Jean-Étienne Liotard". trdergisi.com. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ Clark, Peter (1986). Marmaduke Pickthall: British Muslim. Quartet Books. p. 31. ISBN 0-7043-2514-4.
- ^ Long, Andrew C. (2014). Reading Arabia: British Orientalism in the Age of Mass Publication, 1880-1930. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-0-8156-3323-5.
- ^ Buruma, Ian (1998). Anglomania: A European Love Affair. Random House. p. 107. ISBN 0375502068.
But Urquhart's Turkophilia went so far that even in London he ate Turkish food, bathed in Turkish baths, and lounged on Turkish sofas.
- ^ Geoffrey, Nash (2011). Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger: An Anthology. Anthem Press. p. xiv. ISBN 978-0857283931.
In the case of David Urquhart, who went to fight for the Greeks but stayed on to help establish the post-war boundaries, it helped turn a Philhellene into a Turkophile.
- ^ Hostler, Charles Warren (1993). The Turks of Central Asia. University of Michigan. p. 112. ISBN 0275939316.
The famous Hungarian Turkologist and Turkophile, Arminius Vambery (1832-1913), embarked on adventurous travels in Russian Central Asia and in Persia and later acquainted his Turkish friends with their Central Asian relatives through his books and lectures.
- ^ Böer, Ingeborg; Haerkötter, Ruth; Kappert, Petra (2002). Türken in Berlin 1871-1945: eine Metropole in den Erinnerungen osmanischer und türkischer Zeitzeugen (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 107. ISBN 3110174650.
Auf Betreiben des turkophilen Journalisten Dr. Ernst Jäckh...
- ^ Todorov, Tzvetan (1994). On human diversity: nationalism, racism, and exoticism in French thought. Harvard University Press. p. 308. ISBN 9780674634398.
And just as Chateaubriand was a Turkophobe, Loti is as much a Turkophile
- ^ Kappler, Matthias (2006). Intercultural Aspects in and Around Turkic Literatures: Proceedings of the International Conference Held on October 11th-12th, 2003 in Nicosia. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 170. ISBN 3447052856.
It should also be mentioned that although he was a definite Turkophile, he was always admired and valued in nationalistic circles.
- ^ Dugin, Alexander (2014). Eurasian Mission: An Introduction to Neo-Eurasianism. Arktos. p. 21. ISBN 978-1910524244. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
He also developed a Turkophile attitude in the theory of "ethnic complementarity".
- ^ Zamfir, Mihai (2008). "Îndrăgostitul de Stambul: Dimitrie Ralet". România Literară (in Romanian) (35). Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
Cu toate că se găsea în capitala unei țări ce reprezenta pentru un român trecutul întunecat și opresiunea, Ralet-scriitorul, opus diplomatului, dobîndește o inexplicabilă simpatie față de turcii înșiși. Le admiră nu doar costumele, limba, frumusețea fizică, dar și comportamentul zilnic; găsește în lumea otomană mai multă toleranță și simț al nuanțelor decît în cea occidental-europeană. Iată-l pe Ralet făcînd din nou opinie separată față de pașoptiști!
External links
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The dictionary definition of turkophilia at Wiktionary
