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Intellectuals and Reform in the Ottoman Empire The Young Turks on the Challenges of Modernity
By Stefano Taglia
Copyright 2015
180 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book uncovers Young Turk political and social ideas at the end of the nineteenth century, during the intellectual phase of the movement.
Analysing the life in exile of two of the most charismatic leaders of the Young Turk movement, Ahmed Rıza and Mehmet Sabahattin, the book unravels their plans for the future of the Ottoman Empire, covering issues of power, religion, citizenship,... Read more
Introduction 1 The Ottoman Empire under Sultan Abdulhamit II 2 Young Turk Émigrés, the Press and the Parisian Milieu 3 Ahmet Riza and Mechveret 4 Mehmet Sabahattin and Social Science 5 The End of an Idea, the 1902 Congress of Ottoman Liberals in Paris Conclusion
Biography
Stefano Taglia is Fellow at the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. His research interests are in the fields of nationalism and minorities in the Ottoman Empire.
