Post-republic Turkish scholars reframed Ottoman history as a national phase.

Evidence

Ottoman history, which for a while was despised and neglected because of its connection with the previous re´gime and with anti-national ideologies, is again a major subject of study and research, but it is treated as a phase in the history of Turkey, preceding the Republic and following the Seljuks. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 2031

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to how new nation-states rewrite the imperial past to legitimize themselves, echoing the Defeat of the Spanish Armada’s theme of how ideology shapes historical narrative.