Turkey: A Modern History

Turkey: A Modern History

Yazar : Erik J. Zurcher
Yayınevi : I.B.Tauris
ISBN : 9781860649585
Baskı yılı : 2004
Sayfa sayısı : 432
Ağırlık : 0.47 kg
Stok durumu : Tükendi   
Building upon and updating its twin themes, this revised edition of "Turkey: a Modern History" focuses on Turkeys continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Zurcher argues that Turkeys history, between 1908 and 1950, should be seen as a unity, and offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkeys founding father, Kemal Ataturk. In his account of the period since 1950, Zurcher focuses on: the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the thorny issue of Turkeys human rights record; integration into the global economy; the alliance with the West and and relations with the European community; Turkeys ambivalent relations with the Middle East; the increasingly explosive Kurdish questions; the economic crisis of 1994; and the continuing political instability and growth of Islam.
Introduction : periodization, theory and methodology 1
Pt. I Western influences and early attempts at modernization
1 The Ottoman empire at the end of the eighteenth century 9
2 Between tradition and innovation : Sultan Selim III and the new order, 1789-1807 21
3 The early years of Sultan Mahmut II : the centre tries to regain control 30
4 The later years of Sultan Mahmut II : the start of the reforms 36
5 The era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71 50
6 The crisis of 1873-78 and its aftermath 71
7 Reactionary despotism or culmination of the reforms? : the reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II 76
Pt. II The young Turk era in Turkish history (1908-50)
8 The second constitutional period, 1912-18 93
9 The struggle for independence 133
10 The emergence of the one-party state, 1923-27 166
11 The kemalist one-party state, 1925-45 176
12 The transition to democracy, 1945-50 206
Pt. III A troubled democracy
13 The rule of the Democratic party, 1950-60 221
14 The second Turkish Republic, 1960-80 241
15 The third republic : Turkey since 1980 278
Map : The Ottoman Balkans by Russell Townsend 356
Map : Anatolia by Russell Townsend 357
Map : The Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire by Russell Townsend 358
Biographical notes : some important figures in Ottoman and Turkish history 381