Turkey, from Empire to Revolutionary Republic
Title | Turkey, from Empire to Revolutionary Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Sina Akşin |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2007-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 081470722X |
Traces the roots of the Turkish Republic to the Ottoman Empire
A History of Turkey
Title | A History of Turkey PDF eBook |
Author | M. Philips Price |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 2021-12-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000508307 |
First Published in 1956 A History of Turkey presents a comprehensive overview of Turkey’s journey from empire to republic. The book attempts to give a picture of the growth of the Turkish people, the institutions they have created and the ideas that have inspired them through the centuries. It discusses themes like how Islamic civilization came to the Middle East; the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire; the National Revolution and birth of new Turkey; Mustafa Kemal and national consolidation; labour conditions, social security, and religion in new Turkey. A humble contribution to Anglo-Turkish understanding, this book is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of Turkish history, modern European history, Middle East studies, and history in general.
A Nation of Empire
Title | A Nation of Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Meeker |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2002-03-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520234826 |
A history of the political transformation of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century to the present by an anthropologist who has spent 30 years studying Turkish history and culture.
Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran
Title | Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran PDF eBook |
Author | Nader Sohrabi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2011-10-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139504053 |
In his book on constitutional revolutions in the Ottoman Empire and Iran in the early twentieth century, Nader Sohrabi considers the global diffusion of institutions and ideas, their regional and local reworking and the long-term consequences of adaptations. He delves into historic reasons for greater resilience of democratic institutions in Turkey as compared to Iran. Arguing that revolutions are time-bound phenomena whose forms follow global models in vogue at particular historical junctures, he challenges the ahistoric and purely local understanding of them. Furthermore, he argues that macro-structural preconditions alone cannot explain the occurrence of revolutions, but global waves, contingent events and the intervention of agency work together to bring them about in competition with other possible outcomes. To establish these points, the book draws on a wide array of archival and primary sources that afford a minute look at revolutions' unfolding.
A History of Turkey
Title | A History of Turkey PDF eBook |
Author | M Philips Price |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2021-12-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781032151649 |
First Published in 1956 A History of Turkey presents a comprehensive overview of Turkey's journey from empire to republic. The book attempts to give a picture of the growth of the Turkish people, the institutions they have created and the ideas that have inspired them through the centuries. It discusses themes like how Islamic civilization came to the Middle East; the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire; the National Revolution and birth of new Turkey; Mustafa Kemal and national consolidation; labour conditions, social security, and religion in new Turkey. A humble contribution to Anglo-Turkish understanding, this book is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of Turkish history, modern European history, Middle East studies, and history in general.
Turkey in Revolution
Title | Turkey in Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Roden Buxton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Eastern question (Balkan) |
ISBN |
Early Steps to the foundation of Modern Turkey: Nineteenth Century Reforms and the Young Turk Revolution
Title | Early Steps to the foundation of Modern Turkey: Nineteenth Century Reforms and the Young Turk Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Can Esen |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 2012-01-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3656100659 |
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History of Europe - Modern Times, Absolutism, Industrialization, grade: A, St. Mary's University, course: Politics of the Middle East, language: English, abstract: The modern Republic of Turkey has been hesitant to embrace its Ottoman past for nearly three quarters of a century following the years of its foundation. During the Ottoman period, majority of the people were living an Islamic lifestyle under the guidance of traditional Islamic shari’a law. This situation was challenging to the modern, secular ideas of the young republic. In order to overcome this problem, the new secular state controlled religious affairs and abolished the institution of Caliphate. Morever, founders of the modern Turkey created a National Assembly and which served as the early steps to the representative democracy. There were series of reforms on the education, military system, women’s rights and general dress code for public places. However, although Ataturk and his friends’ contribution to the Turkish modernization is undeniable, it should be made clear that his ideas were inspired both by the realities of his time and more importantly the reforms of the late Ottoman period. Thus, contrary to what primary level education which is taught in state schools in Turkey suggests, it is hard to claim that he singlehandedly invented all the ideas and reforms concerning the Turkish modernization. In fact, the idea of Turkish modernization long predates the foundation of the secular republic. There had been reforms from top to down during the nineteenth century. These were followed by a new group of intellectuals who were influenced by the ideas of Enlightenment and French Revolution who were called ‘Young Turks’. The Young Turk movement, which was emerged among the students of higher learning schools of Istanbul attracted many other members of the society. The members of the movement were united in their opposition to the personal rule of the Sultan and created the backbone of the modern democratic reforms happened during early years of the modern Turkish Republic (Hanioglu, 2011).