This book is based on a revised dissertation, completed at Boğaziçj University, Department of Political Science in 2002. I would, hence, like to thank my advisors İlkay Sunar and the late Cem Taylan for their guidance in setting up the general framework of this study. Likewise, I am indebted to the Turkish Academy of Social Sciences (TUBA) for their financial assistance that made it possible for me to spend the academic year of 1998-99 at Duke University, Department of Literature. I would especially like to express my sincere gratitude to Fredric Jameson, the Chair of the Literature Department at Duke, who invited me as a visiting scholar and gave generously of his time.
More than a dry dissertation, this study has principally been a work of genuine interest for me, done with enthousiasm. Apart from the academic assistance 1 received from various institutions, I would especially like to acknowledge the following for their contributions and support: Giovanni Scognamillo, Vedat Türkali, Sinan Kuneralp, Naci Güçhan, Cüneyd Okay, Ahmet Süner, and the writers of Görüntü. Last but not least, I should also thank the young "philosophers" I've met in and around orta kantin at Boğaziçi University...
This work is dedicated to my husband Fuat whose support has been beyond words and to the memory of my grandmother Sabriye Alogan who did not live to see it published. (From Acknowledgements)
