Misty Mirror of History

The fact that confronting our recent history creates a shock wave in our society is actually due to the fact that many facts are imprisoned in darkness by official history. Cemil Koçak, who brought to the fore a new understanding of historiography against the narrow and dull patterns of official history in his academic studies, brings together many of his writings in the Misty Mirror of History, which is dominated by an understanding of academic historiography that is independent of political and ideological positions and "does not play to the stands".

In order to remove academic historiography from its narrow framework and bring it to the masses, Koçak brings a nuanced, analytical approach to history, apart from his "fan" stance, and tries to clarify the most controversial issues of recent history for the masses by conveying his academic knowledge in an extremely simple language.

Koçak, who conveys our recent history by trying to understand the present and brings a holistic perspective to history, does not neglect to offer a reading list at the end of each article for history enthusiasts who want to have detailed information about the subject. Koçak, who writes his articles with the understanding that knowing history correctly is, first of all, an effort required to analyze the present correctly, reshapes, in his own words, "not the unknown, but the forgotten, the unremembered, the themes that are uncomfortable to be reminded of" in the Misty Mirror of History.
The single party and chiefdom period, Dersim events, the Kurdish issue, the hat law, the May 27 coup, practices against minorities and many other issues that remain behind the fog become clear in the Misty Mirror of History. Here are some topics:

First Print Year: 2013

Language: Turkish