HISTORY TEXTBOOKS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL AS AN OTHER IRAN / SAFAVIDS

Abstract

In the current research, rhetoric of the Ottoman-Iran/Safavid relations and Iran / Safavid image as the other in history textbooks was examined in the period that from establishment of the Republic of Turkey to present. Documantary method was used as research design. Purposive sample of the research was selected according to historiography which affected with political tendencies to secondary school history books and intellectual discussions. In this context, history textbooks taught in secondary schools which selected above mentioned criterions was used as data collection method.Narratives in history textbooks adopted by the Ministry of National Education and announced by the Journal Announcements were carried out document analysis and descriptive analysis. With reference to data obtained from history textbooks, presentation of the Ottoman-Iran/Safavid relations were evaluated. In line with the political opinions and different political views come to power, historiography for Iran/Safavid which is considered as the other was varied over time. Presentations of Iran/Safavid image in history textbooks have negative and harsh statements in the period after Ataturk. This presentation has changed in recent secondary school history textbooks. These history textbooks has not included some negative statements for Ottomans and Sultan Selim I. Also, there are not negative statements for Shah Ismail in recent history textbooks

Özet

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşundan günümüze kadar gelinen süreçte ortaöğretim tarih ders kitaplarında yer alan Osmanlı-İran/Safevi ilişkilerine yönelik söylemi ve bir öteki olarak İran/Safevi imajını analiz etmektir. Doküman inceleme ve tarama yöntemlerinin bir arada kullanıldığı araştırmanın amaçlı örneklemi, ortaöğretim tarih ders kitaplarının yazımında etkili olan dönemin siyasi eğilimi oluşturulmuştur. Bu çerçevede belirlenen dönemleri temsil eden ortaöğretim kurumlarında okutulan tarih ders kitapları, araştırma problemi noktasında veri toplama aracı olarak kullanılmıştır