Article ID: CBB825248237

Anticipatory historical geographies of violence: Imagining, mapping, and integrating Dersim into the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish state, 1866–1939 (2023)

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Any understanding of the transformation from indirect imperial to centralized nation-state rule must consider the complex interplay between knowledge production, sovereignty, and power, as well as the historical geographies that shape them. As such, this article focuses on Middle Eastern modern-state formation through the case of Dersim, a region in contemporary Turkey's Eastern Anatolia, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It delves deeply into Dersim's intricate dynamics to examine the changing relationship between state and territory through the perspective of government authorities, Western travelers, and local inhabitants. The article argues that the Turkish state's violent transformation of nonstate Dersim in 1937–38 marked a peak in the process of creating a flattened, homogeneous territory where sovereignty would be implemented effectively and, ideally, equally. This process began in Dersim, and the larger region around it, with the implementation of the Ottoman Tanzimat Reforms in the early nineteenth century, gained momentum with the 1877–78 Russo-Turkish War, and reached its culmination with genocidal operations in Dersim in the late 1930s. The state elites' instrumentalization of modern cartography, among other technological advancements, for military purposes allowed them to envision, define, and reshape Dersim as an integral part of their imagined national homeland.

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Authors & Contributors
Etker, Şeref
Günergun, Feza
Akbaş, Meltem
Balsoy, Gülhan
Burcak, Berrak
Gutman, David
Journals
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Journal of Historical Geography
Publishers
Princeton University
Istanbul University
Pickering & Chatto
Springer
Paradigma
Concepts
Pharmacy
Technology
Cartography
Cross-national interaction
Historical geography
Transmission of ideas
People
Adivar, Abdülhak Adnan
Efendi, Hekimbasi Salih
Fenmen, Mehmed Refik
Midhat, Ahmed
Tertemiz, Serafettin Tevfik
Jeppe, Karen
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century
Places
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Armenia
Great Britain
Iran
Bulgaria
Institutions
League of Nations
Society for Progress and Cooperation among Military Veterinarians (Askeri Baytarları Terakki ve Teavün Cemiyet-i Umumisi)
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