The new cultural climate in Turkey : living in a shop window / Nurdan Gùrbilek ; translated by Victoria Holbrook.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : cultural climate, personal history -- Living in a shop window -- To be named -- Privation -- The return of the repressed -- Me too -- Death of the stranger -- Child of agony -- Bad boy Turk (1) -- Bad boy Turk (2) -- 'The orijinal Turkish spirit'.

Presents a compelling analysis of cultural politics in Turkey, arguing that the dominant clichéd dualities of East/West and secular/sacred mask a reality of silence, repression and return. Gürbilek's keen analysis of radical changes following the 1980 coup demonstrates how two apparently contrary cultural strategies - one repressive and censoring, forcing abnegation, the other liberal and provocative, inviting assimilation - were roused to join in silent solidarity. Offering a sophisticated review of the culture, politics and literature in Turkey, ... -- Publisher.