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The Young Ottomans: Turkish Critics of the Eastern Question in the Late Nineteenth Century
Nazan Cicek
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Hardback. The Ottoman Empire had become known as the 'sick man of Europe' following its gradual decline since the 18th century, and its demise would be highly problematic for the crowned heads of Europe. This book focuses on the intellectual and political dynamics of the first Ottoman political opposition in the modern sense, the so-called 'Young Ottomans'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 546.
The Eastern Question, as it was termed by the European Powers in the nineteenth century, was a debate primarily concerned with the issue of 'what to do with the Turk?'. The Ottoman Empire had become known as the 'sick man of Europe' following its gradual decline since the eighteenth century, and its demise would be highly problematic for the crowned heads of Europe. This unique book focuses on the intellectual and political dynamics of the first Ottoman political opposition in the modern sense, the so-called 'Young Ottomans'. In the process it narrates an alternative version of the Eastern Question as ... Read more
The Eastern Question, as it was termed by the European Powers in the nineteenth century, was a debate primarily concerned with the issue of 'what to do with the Turk?'. The Ottoman Empire had become known as the 'sick man of Europe' following its gradual decline since the eighteenth century, and its demise would be highly problematic for the crowned heads of Europe. This unique book focuses on the intellectual and political dynamics of the first Ottoman political opposition in the modern sense, the so-called 'Young Ottomans'. In the process it narrates an alternative version of the Eastern Question as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848853331
SKU
V9781848853331
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About Nazan Cicek
Nazan Cicek completed her PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2006. She currently teaches at Ankara University in the Faculty of Political Sciences. She has published articles on the political and intellectual history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic in several journals including Middle Eastern Studies and Aetudes Balkaniques.
Reviews for The Young Ottomans: Turkish Critics of the Eastern Question in the Late Nineteenth Century
'While Europeans were preoccupied with the Eastern Question in the mid nineteenth century, Ottoman intellectuals grappled for a strategy to address their Western QuestionA". The leading Turkish intellectuals of the day were the Young Ottomans, and they found common ground with Turcophile Britons led by David Urquhart. Nazan A icek has written a compelling account of the exchange of ... Read more