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Museumization of Migration in Bursa, Turkey
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2016) Manke, Gabriele; Kartarı, Asker; Kartarı, Asker
The present thesis addresses museumization of migration in Turkey referring to the particular example of the Göç Tarihi Müzesi in Bursa (Museum of Migration History in Bursa). By describing and analyzing the varied components and methods of the representation in this Turkish migration museum in a detailed way, it is the aim to portray the statements, functions, and policies underlying the exhibition. Therefore, the institution museum is understood as a vivid, social, and reciprocal organization. In order to frame and channel the approach of the description and analysis, the focus lies on specific aspects of migration, namely movement, ethnical and cultural heterogeneity, and nationality. The main assumption is that the representation of the migration history in Bursa legitimizes and strengthens the concept of migration as a process of homogenization. The narratives told in the museum are about forced migration movements during the gradual decline of the Ottoman Empire and the foundation of the Turkish Republic. These circumstances led to the formation of a homogenous Muslim-Turkic population on strongly disputed territories. This master thesis about museumization of migration should therefore be regarded as a contribution to the analysis of an institutionalized construct of Turkish nationality.