^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} History and Education: Perceptions, Changes and Continuities During Early Turkish Republic -

First years of the Turkish Republic was witnessing a new nation-state building. In this period of time, nationalism and construction of a national identity among the peoples was the core problem of the ruling cadre. Hence, official history was used as one of the major devices to install Turkish identity and consciousness to the nation which was being reshaped to adopt the dominant ideology of the power. This study aims to put forth the basics of official historiography in Turkey and its reflections on educational practices during the Single Party Regime. Within this framework, this study will display the changes and continuities in the formation of the official history in Turkey and its dissemination through education as ideological tools for the building of a nation-state.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION

Contemporary Paradigms/Debates on Education and its Functions
Education and the Modern State
Official History and Nation-Building
Philosophical Background of Nationalist Historiography
History's Mission in the Formation of Collective Identity
History Education and Textbooks as Ideological Tools
General Framework of This Study

EDUCATIONAL POLICY OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Historical and Ideological Background of the Republican Ideology
Constructing National Identity During Early Republican Period
1930s: Crystallization of the Regime
Education for the Modernization of the New Republic
1930s - Unification of the Party Principles With the School Curricula
Republican Perception of Nation
"New Citizen" of the New Regime - National and Moral Education Understanding of the Republic
Through a Healthy and Powerful Generation
Military Training as a Part of Citizenship Education

OFFICIAL HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC
Formulation of Official Historiography During Early Republican Era
Turkish History Thesis
New History Textbooks
First and Second Turkish History Congresses

İNÖNÜ ERA: CONTINUITY OR CHANGE?
Political Developments During İnönü's Presidency
Changes and Continuities in the İnönü Era - Reflections of Humanism on Cultural and Educational Policies
1946: Rising Conservatism in RPP
Yücel-Öner Case
Changes in the Moral Perception of the Ruling Cadre
POST-ATATÜRK UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY
Historical Studies of 1940s
General Vision of Turkish Conservative Intellectuals
Racist-Turanist Version of History
Çınaraltı
Anatolianist History
Çığır
Hareket
Büyük Doğu - An Islamist and Counter - Republican Journal

CHANGES IN OFFICIAL HISTORIOGRAPHY
Third Turkish History Congress
New History Textbooks
Ancient History
Medieval History
History of the Modern Ages
History of the Turkish Republic
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX