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164 DISCUSSIONS IN WHICH GREEK STUDENTS PLACED THEMSELVES IN TURKS’ SHOES: ? Why should the Greeks be demonised in the history books in Turkey? There were two major scapegoats for the Republic of Turkey to find a reason for all the problems the state faced. The first scapegoat was the Ottoman Empire and the second one was the Greeks. We found 5 major reasons: 1. Turkish Republic was trying to create new nation state and it was clear to find an “Other” within the Orthodox Christian Greeks. Rest of the nations of the former empire were all “our Muslim brothers”. 2. Greeks have the strongest claims on Asia Minor amongst the nations that invaded Anatolia. The major powers have economic interests and they had to leave at some point. Greeks, on the other hand, had historical and population claims therefore they could do more damage to the creation of Turkish national image and the Turkish nation state. 3. Definition of Turkish nation- we must define ourselves – what we are and what we are not. The Turks and the Greeks are too similar in terms of culture, tradition, history. Therefore, we must create differences and define ourselves based on the differences. Defining ourselves as “non-Greek” as well as “non-Ottoman” helps to define our identity far more clearly. 4. If Greeks are shown as the villains, their lives in Asia Minor would become worse and they would decide to leave and hence the government would find extra income to pay back our debts and looking for some income. 5. Greeks were the first to emancipate from the Ottomans as a result of the uprising and can be seen as the legitimisation of the actions. DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE GREEK TURKS & THE TURK GREEKS Sonay: ‘There was no Turkish minority during the Hellenic times, this region belongs to us (Greeks) and we need to take our land back’ Andreas: ‘They always want us to remember the history. We (Turks) are here to decide our own parts for our own future including the Cyprus issue’. Emir: ‘Forces may send their troops to restore the peace so we (Greeks) have right to go there to stabilise that region. In Anatolia there was disorder and we had the right to go there.’ Erdem:’We are proud of the roots of the modern society and ancient Greeks lands under Turkish control, so we should invade this region because we owned it anyway.’ Kostas:‘We have the war and the Europeans are thinking they (Christians) are better than us but it does not reflect the facts because who decides who is better. ‘ CONCLUSIONS ON THE CASE Vangelis Kechriotis: We need to define ourselves against the other through expressing ourselves to “the Other”. All nations had their own interests in their things and the international treaties give the rights to do so. Actually it is the foreign powers that are using us. In that case Greeks wanted to unify the area and Turks did not want to lose its control. There were the concepts about the modernisation, the values of the modernity since there was a new nation born. None of the parties accepted the nationality and ethnic identity of “the Other”. Cem Karadeli: The way one side perceives “the Other” is very important and has to be taken into account. It is important to assess the relations under the influence of foreign factors not only because Britain was the scapegoats or the great power but also because of the Wilson principles: the principle of the self determination – rightful claim to defend. The same principle may be used in the opposite way to justify the actions of invasion. If major powers were not in the table, wasn’t it possible to handle the problems? Cem Karadeli: It is not always good to blame the great powers for everything. Nations have their own preferences. 600 years ago when Turkey was invading those lands, there was not such an international community, there were no objections. What we are doing was normal. We always talk about the influence of the great powers but their interest may also change depending on our action. Final Conference Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de L’Europe
Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de L’Europe PEACE EDUCATION WORKSHOP The participants started the workshop with trust-building games. They created 6 different categories: smokers, fundamentalists, homosexuals, Armenians, nationalists, Balkan people, military. They wrote down the first words coming into their mind when they hear these categories on post-its and they placed the post-its on the wall. The participants discussed about their prejudices regarding each category. “What would you do if your daughter wants to marry with a fundamentalist Muslim?” “What would you do if you learn lesbians would be your neighbours at the new apartment you are planning to move?” After discussing on such questions, the participants concluded that in general they act basing on their prejudices and that they might have the tendency to use violence against their enemies. The participants later on proceeded with further exercises; they split up into two groups, each assuming the role of a nation having its own distinct culture, tradition and values. All participants assumed specific roles as they were provided. The group members were not previously informed about the culture and values of the other group. Later on they tried to communicate with the other group members through their appointed representatives. During this exercise participants dicussed individual and group behaviour as well the role of tradition in community life and the interaction between different cultures. Final Conference 165
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about common affairs is the most im
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academicians, university students,
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