Editorial

Abstract

The issue you have in your hands has been the cherished dream of many in the Association of American Studies of Turkey, and we are happy to have at last realized it. We hope that the Journal which has thus taken off will enjoy a long life span and contribute effectively to American Studies in the largest sense of the word. Conceived to be multidisciplinary in nature, as the formation of "American Studies" itself requires, the Journal is meant to serve a number of purposes at the same time. It will first of all constitute a forum for those Turkish and international scholars working on American topics who would like to disseminate their ideas and findings in Turkey. Originality is what we will be looking for in such articles; it is our wish that the Journal should act not only as a sounding board but also as an arena of productive debate on controversial issues.

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