Technology and National Identity in Turkey

'Grounded in an expansive reading of cultural theory, Celik's approach is both interpretative and humanistic in outlook. Her book will provide a new way for scholars to consider mobile phones as cultural artifacts in whatever national contexts they are working. So even thought the study is grounded in Turkey, it is in many ways more portable than most transnational studies because its grounding allows for such a sophisticated and expansive work' - Jonathan Sterne, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University; 'The questions and the findings of Burce Celik's study drove me to reflect on [these] issues. 'Melancholia', which is one of the key concepts of the study, opens the door to a viewpoint which sees the collective and individual making-sense and communication needs (or desires) which the cellular telephony responds to. This view-point, in addition to being an interpretative door opening to the story of the modernization of Turkey, also enables one to analyze the pre-modern, modern and post-modern transitions, overlaps and simultaneities in general. At the same time, it is a means which holds up a mirror to the transformations of the sentiments and subjectivities in modern times.' - Tanil Bora, Editor of Toplum ve Bilim, and Iletisim Press since 1988, Author of 'Medeniyet Kaybi: Milliyetcilik ve Fasizm Uzerine Yazilar' (2006, Iletisim) [The Loss of Civilization: Notes on Nationalism and Fashism], 'Turkiye'nin Linc Rejimi' (2008, Iletisim) [The Lynch Regime of Turkey]