Egypt's 19th Century Modernization Centralization and Autonomy

The Middle East region is increasingly becoming part of international relations and therefore Türkiye's agenda. However, since evaluations of the region are made without going beyond newspaper reports, we cannot say that we have made progress in our knowledge and understanding of the problems. In order to understand and make sense of the Middle East region, it is a necessity to know the history of the region. Dr. Özge Özkoç's book is one of the important steps to fill the gap in this sense.

There are three sub-geographies that have determined the fate of the Middle East region since the early ages of history: Egypt, Iran and Anatolia. Especially for the Arab world, Egypt is a pole star. Being able to make sense of Egypt today from a sociocultural and political perspective requires correctly analyzing the modernization process that took place in 19th century Egypt. Dr. Özkoç rejects the basic thesis put forward by traditional Egyptian and Ottoman historiography, namely that Mehmet Ali Pasha's modernization was the beginning of the birth of Egyptian nationalism, and argues that the Cairo-focused modernization is a projection of the modernization process that started in Istanbul. Based on this, it explains how Egyptian modernization gradually evolved into centralization, together with the process of autonomy from Istanbul. This historical process should be evaluated correctly in order to understand the problems that started between Turkey and Egypt from the beginning of the 20th century and became more evident after 1945, and to think about how a healthy policy should be created for Egypt today. Dr. I believe that Özkoç's book will be an eye-opener to see the future.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 240

Year of Print: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Details Publications

First Print Year: 2015

Language Turkish