the invention of hatay: some epigraphs
The builders of the modern nation-state do not merely describe, observe, and map; they strive to shape a people and landscape that will fit these techniques of observation.1
- James C. Scott
But it would be interesting to know what criterion has been adopted in deciding who are Turks.2
- G. W. Rendel to the Foreign Office, 1936
1. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998: 82.
2. Comments attached to “note by Dr. Christie of Haifa regarding the situation in Alexandretta,” sent by Mr. J. Leckie, M.P., to the Secretary of State, 14 December 1936. FO 371 series, Public Records Office, London.
- James C. Scott
But it would be interesting to know what criterion has been adopted in deciding who are Turks.2
- G. W. Rendel to the Foreign Office, 1936
1. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998: 82.
2. Comments attached to “note by Dr. Christie of Haifa regarding the situation in Alexandretta,” sent by Mr. J. Leckie, M.P., to the Secretary of State, 14 December 1936. FO 371 series, Public Records Office, London.
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