PERSPECTIVE ON TURKEY’S CULTURAL POLICY IN HUNGARY: SYMBOLISM OF THE OTTOMAN HERITAGE
PERSPECTIVE ON TURKEY’S CULTURAL POLICY IN HUNGARY: SYMBOLISM OF THE OTTOMAN HERITAGE

Summary/Abstract: Turkey has changed its policy since the AKP is on the government led by President Erdogan. We can see that the Ottoman past and the restoration of the imperial status plays a major role in Turkish politics. It affects all aspects of Turkey’s policy, including cultural policy, policy of memory and architecture. Turkey also makes its status visible abroad by building Ottoman-style buildings or renovating old Ottoman monuments, especially in the former parts of the Ottoman Empire. We can see that in addition to the political and business negotiations between Turkey and Hungary, Ankara proposed the restoration of old Ottoman monuments in Hungary. In Szigetvár, the excavation and restoration of two monuments, the Tomb of Suleiman and the Mosque of Suleiman was supported by Turkey.

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