Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?

Veterinary medicine began its professionalization process towards the end of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The members of this then-nascent profession almost immediately engaged in a struggle for the recognition of their work. Convinced that they were underestimated and underpaid, they fou...

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Main Author: Meriç Tanık
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2022-04-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/7209
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description Veterinary medicine began its professionalization process towards the end of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The members of this then-nascent profession almost immediately engaged in a struggle for the recognition of their work. Convinced that they were underestimated and underpaid, they founded associations and journals and constructed a common discourse to build up their legitimacy externally. This discourse targeted public opinion but also the state, which was their main employer. My aim is to examine the rhetoric and the strategies deployed by these veterinarians to demand the valorization of their skill set and to reflect, from this case study, on the invention of professions.
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spelling doaj-art-5bc393ed62af4fafa3b595277052686f2025-08-20T02:34:24ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462022-04-013210.4000/ejts.7209Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?Meriç TanıkVeterinary medicine began its professionalization process towards the end of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The members of this then-nascent profession almost immediately engaged in a struggle for the recognition of their work. Convinced that they were underestimated and underpaid, they founded associations and journals and constructed a common discourse to build up their legitimacy externally. This discourse targeted public opinion but also the state, which was their main employer. My aim is to examine the rhetoric and the strategies deployed by these veterinarians to demand the valorization of their skill set and to reflect, from this case study, on the invention of professions.https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/7209TurkeyOttoman EmpireprofessionalizationlegitimizationVeterinary medicinescientificity
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Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
European Journal of Turkish Studies
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
professionalization
legitimization
Veterinary medicine
scientificity
title Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
title_full Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
title_fullStr Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
title_full_unstemmed Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
title_short Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
title_sort un metier qui ne fait pas rever
topic Turkey
Ottoman Empire
professionalization
legitimization
Veterinary medicine
scientificity
url https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/7209
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