Erik-Jan Zürcher

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Erik-Jan Zürcher (born March 15, 1953 in Leiden ) is professor of Turkish language and culture at the University of Leiden .

Life

Zürcher is the son of Erik Zürcher (1928–2008), former professor for the history of East Asia at the University of Leiden. He studied Arabic, Turkish and New Persian and was then a lecturer at the then Catholic University of Nijmegen . In 1984 he received his doctorate with the work The Unionist Factor. The Role of the Committee of Union and Progress in the Turkish National Movement (1905-1926). He wrote the book Turkey. A Modern History (first published in 1993) and translated it into Dutch (first published in 1995). This book has also been translated into Turkish ( Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi , numerous editions), Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Italian and Indonesian.

An updated version in English was published in 2003. In June 2005, Zürcher received the 'Medal of High Distinction' from the then Turkish Ambassador Tacan Ildem as a token of recognition for his publications on the history of Turkey. In May 2016 he returned the medal and distanced himself from his earlier view that Turkey could become a member of the EU .

From April 2008 to November 2012, Zurich was director of the International Institute for Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam. He is a frequent guest on television and radio shows.

Fonts (selection)

  • (2012), Türkiye'de Ve Iran'da Otoriter Modernlesme, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, ISBN 978-6053991847 .
  • (2004) together with Heleen van der Linden , De Europese Unie, Turkije en de islam. Zoeken naar de breuklijn , Amsterdam University Press, ISBN 90-5356-692-9 .
  • (1999) Arming the State. Military Conscription in the Middle East and Central Asia , London (IB Tauris), ISBN 1-86064-404-X .
  • (1998), Opkomst en ondergang van het "moderne" Turkije , Leiden, ISBN 90-73782-99-6 .
Inaugural speech at Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.
  • (1993), Turkey. A Modern History , London (IB Tauris), ISBN 1-86064-958-0 (reprinted 2004).
Published in Dutch as Een geschiedenis van het moderne Turkije , Nijmegen (SUN) 1995, ISBN 90-6168-438-2 (reprinted 2006).
  • (1991), Political Opposition in the Early Turkish Republic. The Progressive Republican Party (1924-1925) , Leiden (Brill), ISBN 90-04-09341-9 .
  • (1984) The Unionist Factor. The Role of the Committee of Union and Progress in the Turkish National Movement (1905-1926) , Leiden (Brill), ISBN 90-04-07262-4 (dissertation).
  • with Mete Tunçay (ed.): Socialism and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire: 1876–1923 . London: British Acad. Press, 1994 ISBN 1-85043-787-4 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ildem was ambassador there from 2003 to 2006
  2. ↑ Erik Jan Zürcher: Here you have my Turkse medaille terug, Erdogan
  3. ↑ Hoogleraar geeft Turkse onderscheiding terug vanwege 'dictatoriaal wanbeleid'
  4. ↑ Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid, Rapporten aan de regering, 69
personal data
SURNAME Zürcher, Erik-Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zürcher, Erik Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Turkologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer