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- Title
PRESENTATION OF A CULTURAL SYMBOL "MANZIKERT" AS A DEVELOPMENT FACTOR.
- Authors
ULUTAŞ, Nurullah
- Abstract
In the world history, some cities have a cyclical importance to steer the course of history. Rome, Jerusalem, İstanbul and Paris are the leading ones among these cities. "Manzikert" was conquered by Sultan Alparslan in 1071 as a key to Anatolian door and gave the title deed of this land to Turks. This victory has a great importance not only for Turkish-Islam, Iran and Byzantium history but also for the whole world history. In this scope, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı considers Manzikert Victory as the beginning of Turkish history. Taking stand from Barres' idea suggesting "the land where the dead rest", he advocates that Anatolia gained a "Hometown" identity for the first time thanks to this victory.In articles and speeches of Yahya Kemal, Manzikert has a significant place. His poems titled "Süleymaniye'de Bayram Sabahı","Alparslan'ın Ruhuna Gazel" poems and article titled "Türk İstanbul" are important in this sense. To summarize, Manzikert takes place in the works of our artists and men of letters with its image in our culture. This paper touches upon the contribution of the image of "Manzikert" on culture tourism taking stand from its role in our poetry and literature.
- Subjects
WORLD history; CULTURE; ARTISTS; HERITAGE tourism; TURKISH history
- Publication
International Journal of Language Academy, 2016, Vol 4, Issue 4, p36
- ISSN
2342-0251
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18033/ijla.433