In her research studies Elifcan Karacan shows the relation between trauma violence and memory
with a specific focus on the events considering the 1980 Military Coup d'État in Turkey. Based
on collective memory theories and cultural trauma theories the author focuses on the
reconstruction of the past in present times and memory practices such as commemorations
anniversaries construction of memory-places (museums). This book seeks for an understanding of
collective memory within individual narrations and mnemonic practices by using narrative
interviews and biographical case reconstruction methods.
