What Do Gangsters Have To Teach Us About Modern Turkey?

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MENAS Colloquium Series
Co-sponsored by the Arizona Center for Turkish Studies

Filmed by the University of Arizona's Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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October 23, 2015

Ryan Gingeras, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
http://cmes.arizona.edu/colloquium/fa15/gingeras

Like in the United States, figures, events and periods related to organized crime play pivotal roles in the making of modern Turkey. As in the United States, the significance of gangsters and organized crime in Turkish history exceed the color and salaciousness they endow to the past and present. A closer understanding of organized crime and criminals provides an important window into the formation of Turkey's political system, as well as its economy and social structure. This talk explores the theoretical and comparative underpinnings for how and why gangsters are instructive subjects for historical research in Turkey and elsewhere.

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