Young Turks in Opposition

Zusatztext This is a highly original and meticulously researched account of what has been hitherto a somewhat neglected subject ... Hanioglu has produced a balanced and sophisticated account of Young Turk thought which is unlikely to be superseded for many years. It will be indispensable to anyone working on the political! intellectual or social history of the late Ottoman empire and the Turkish republic. Klappentext In 1908! the revolution of the Young Turks deposed the dictatorship of Sultan Abdulhamid II and established a constitutional regime that became the major ruling power in the Ottoman empire. But the seeds of this revolution went back much farther: to 1889! when the secret Young Turk organization the Committee of Union and Progress was formed. M. Sukru Hanioglu's landmark work is the story of the power struggles within the CUP and its impact on twentieth-century Turkish politics and culture. At once an in-depth history of an ideological movement and a study of the diplomatic relationships between the Ottoman Empire and the so-called great powers of Europe at the turn of the century! it analyzes the influence of European political thought on the CUP conspirators! and traces their influence on generations of Turkish intellectual and political life. Zusammenfassung This is the first in-depth study of the secret society called CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), based on their own papers. It pays special attention to the Young Turks as an intellectual movement which continues to influence the thinking of Turkish intellectuals in the 1990s. It also provides important insights into diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the so-called Great Powers of Europe at the turn of the century.

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• Authors: M. Sukru Hanioglu, M. Sükrü Hanioglu, M. Sukru (Visiting Associate Professor Hanioglu
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780195091151
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509115-1
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Studies in Middle Eastern History; Studies in Middle Eastern Hist; Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies, Freemasonry & secret societies, Secret societies, Turkey, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Diplomacy, Social and cultural history, Asian History