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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Ottoman history"”.
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The Spatial Politics of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AK Party): On Erdoganian Neo-Ottomanism
… explores how the AK Party is framing Ottoman history and remaking the Turkish urban landscape by urban development projects. I spell out specific ways in which Erdogan uses cultural capital of the Ottoman past to frame Erdoganian Neo-Ottomanism. My work investigates the AK Party's …
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Constrains on Freedom of Expression in Turkey: The Effects of Article 301
… in Turkey, and it provides an argument that Ottoman history has a direct impact on the country’s politics today. It also examines the implications of legislation that has been applied to silence individuals addressing controversial issues in public. In particular, Article 301 of the Turkish …
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Conflict and Cooperation: Western Economic Interests in Ottoman Iraq 1894-1914
… in order to discuss certain aspects of late Ottoman history in Baghdad and Basra, between 1894 and 1914. Since these sources have been underutilized, their inclusion will widen the scope of possible historical investigation in the study of Late Ottoman Baghdad and Basra. This research will …
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Fugitivity and Carceral Humanitarianism in the Ottoman Mediterranean, c. 1876-1916
This thesis explores the evolution of Ottoman humanitarianism as a legal, moral, and political enterprise. It is a critical inquiry into the rhetoric of humanity: how it shapes law and the jurisdiction thereof. Building on the settlement of immigrants – *Muhajirs* – in the Ottoman Mediterranean …
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Locating an Ottoman Port-City in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Izmir 1580-1780
… and Dutch chartered companies at a time of Ottoman economic and political crisis and social dislocation. This formulation gives little credit to the city’s regional setting as an agent of change. This dissertation, in contrast, addresses the question of Izmir’s rise from the vantage point of …
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Tracking Technology and Society along the Ottoman Anatolian Railroad, 1890-1914
The construction of the Ottoman Anatolian Railroad, along with its extension, the Baghdad Railroad, is often considered a case of foreign-driven modernization and pseudo-colonial investment in the Ottoman Empire and is assigned primary importance as a diplomatic problem aggravating tensions between …
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Religious intellectual encounters between Byzantium and the Ottomans in the fourteenth century: The Case of Gregory Palamas
During the fourteenth century, the Ottoman military expansion in the Byzantine territories of Asia Minor marked a new era of broad interaction and cooperation between the two populations. Genuine efforts were made both by Ottomans and Byzantines in order to get to know each other politically, …