THE ISSUE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN SALAMA MOUSSA AND CEVAT ŞAKIR KABAAĞAÇLI`S ESSAYS

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THE ISSUE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN SALAMA MOUSSA AND CEVAT ŞAKIR KABAAĞAÇLI`S ESSAYS

THE ISSUE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN SALAMA MOUSSA AND CEVAT ŞAKIR KABAAĞAÇLI`S ESSAYS

Authors : Bedrettin AYTAÇ

Pages : 1-8

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Publication Date : 2011-12-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The role of the ancient cultures in their own cultural identities is one of the major issues in the essays of Salama Moussa and Cevat §akir Kabaagagh, the Egyptian and the Turkish writers. Egyptian writer Salama Moussa, in his essays concerning this issue, underlines the significance of the pharaonic past of Egypt, regards the ancient Egypt as the basis of the civilization and argues that the pharaonic culture must be adopted as the main element of the Egyptian cultural identity. On the other hand, Cevat $akir Kabaaga^li, the Turkish writer, emphasizes the role of the ancient Anatolian culture in the contemporary Turkish identity. He argues that the origins of the ancient Greek civilization emerged in Anatolia. And he also expresses that many cultural elements of the ancient Anatolian civilizations surviving in the time being in Turkey.
Keywords : CULTURAL, IDENTITY, SALAMA

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