The Other History of the Ottoman Empire, from Tanzimat to the World War

Although the modernization process that started in the 18th century in the Ottoman Empire was crowned with the Tanzimat Edict of 1839 and the Reform Edict of 1856, the situation that manifested itself as keeping the old and the new together could not be internalized by either the ruling elites or the society. The goal of the reformist intellectuals, called the New Ottomans, was to save the Ottoman Empire from becoming the "Sick Man of Europe". For this purpose, the throne II. They removed Abdulhamid and had the Constitution proclaimed in 1876, which envisaged the transition to the constitutional monarchy. However, II. The process, which started with Abdulhamid's closure of the parliament by using the "War of 93" as an excuse, deepened with extensive land losses abroad and the unrest of non-Muslim subjects who were introduced to the ideology of nationalism at home. The first step taken by the Young Turks, the successors of the New Ottomans, to save the state from this new crisis was to have the Constitutional Monarchy declared again in 1908, but their prescription was not enough to save the "Sick Man". Because they could not diagnose the problem correctly. The defeat in the World War, which was entered to cover the losses of Bulgaria and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908, Tripoli in 1911, and the Balkan Wars in 1912-1913, brought the end of the Empire. What is left behind is a devastated society, both Muslims and non-Muslims. In The Other History of the Ottoman Empire, from Tanzimat to the World War, Ayse Hür tells us about the "other history" of this painful and tragic period, which is not told to us by official historians.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 14x21

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 488

Media Type: Paperback