A fez of the heart : travels around Turkey in search of a hat / Jeremy Seal

By: Seal, Jeremy [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English London : Picador, 1995©1995 Description: 295 pages : map ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780330343626 (paperback)Subject(s): Seal, Jeremy -- Journeys -- Turkey | Headgear -- Turkey | East and West | Turkey -- Description and travelLOC classification: DR429.4 .S43 1995Summary: This is Jeremy Seal's quest, by means of a fez, for the heart of a country culturally and spiritually at odds with herself. The fez's opposing associations - both revered Eastern-Islamic headdress and banal tourist souvenir - exactly reflects Turkey's cultural faultline. While Turkey pays court to the EC and becomes the latest mecca for mass-tourism, the resurgent voices of Islamic traditionalism and Kurdish separatism are stark reminders of the country's complex cultural topography.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295).

This is Jeremy Seal's quest, by means of a fez, for the heart of a country culturally and spiritually at odds with herself. The fez's opposing associations - both revered Eastern-Islamic headdress and banal tourist souvenir - exactly reflects Turkey's cultural faultline. While Turkey pays court to the EC and becomes the latest mecca for mass-tourism, the resurgent voices of Islamic traditionalism and Kurdish separatism are stark reminders of the country's complex cultural topography.