Popüler Siyasi Deyimler Sözlüğü

Everyday politics proceeds with symbols, slogans, idioms, symbolic dates or numbers. Especially in Turkey, where gestures and indirect expressions dominate social communication, a political history that does not take such metaphors and idioms into account is incomplete. Can the rise dynamics of AP be understood without knowing the phrase "Look into our eyes..."? Can the atmosphere of the March 12 period be understood without knowing the formula "Dear informant citizen"? The September 12 mentality is "shall we not hang it but feed it?" Is there a more concise summary than this? This book, which compiles such "aphorisms", is like a practical dictionary summarizing Turkey's recent political history. Slogans that left their mark on periods... Magic numbers like "141-142", "100 days", "147's", "11's", "Nines", etc., summarizing the words, history and justification in volumes... For 70 cents The background of almost proverbial sayings such as "being in need", "Roads cannot be worn down by walking", "Yesterday is yesterday, today is today", "under the rug...". "The middle men", "pulling a man out of the well", "Cemal Aga", "Yaylacılar", "Tırt Osman", "Plan or pilaf?" examples of political satire such as... Dictionary of Popular Political Idioms, a unique compilation - explanation work. This study "opens up" our political literature.



Number of Pages: 255

Year of Printing: 2002


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2002

Language Turkish