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Informationen zum Autor Can Erimtan received his DPhil in Modern History from Oxford University in 2003. He has subsequently worked as a Research Fellow at the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara and has been Senior Fellow at the Institute of Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul. Klappentext The 'Tulip Age' was an idea proposed by Ottoman historian Ahmed Refik in 1912. This work is a reassessment of the origins of this concept. It argues that the 'Tulip Age' was an important template for various political and ideological concerns of early twentieth century Turkish governments. Vorwort The 'Tulip Age' was an idea proposed by Ottoman historian Ahmed Refik in 1912. This work is a reassessment of the origins of this concept. It argues that the 'Tulip Age' was an important template for various political and ideological concerns of early twentieth century Turkish governments. Zusammenfassung The 'Tulip Age' was an idea proposed by Ottoman historian Ahmed Refik in 1912. This work is a reassessment of the origins of this concept. It argues that the 'Tulip Age' was an important template for various political and ideological concerns of early twentieth century Turkish governments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Introduction/ The Idea of a ‘Tulip Age’: A Paradigm and Its Meaning Part I. The Ottoman Perception of Damad ?brahim Pa?a, 1910-20 Chapter 1/ The Preamble to the ‘Tulip Age’: The Perception of Ahmed III and Damad ?brahim, 1910-12 Chapter 2/ The Construction of the ‘Tulip Age’: Ahmed Refik and his Lâle Devri, 1913-15 Chapter 3/ Calibrating the Idea of a ‘Tulip Age’: Ahmed Refik’s Publications in the Period 1915-19 Part II. The Kemalist Perception of Damad ?brahim Pa?a, 1923-1947 Chapter 1/ The Establishment of the Turkish Republic and the Quest for a New Historiography, 1923-29 Chapter 2/ The Subterranean Survival of the ‘Tulip Age’, 1930-38 Chapter 3/ The ‘Tulip Age’ as a Prelude to the Tanzimat: The Re-Appreciation of the Ottomans and Islam, 1940-47 Epilogue/ The Politics of History, 1910-50 Bibliography ...