The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk's Turkey (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) (NO. 87)

Zürcher, Erik J.

ISBN 10: 184885272X / ISBN 13: 9781848852723

Published by I.B. Tauris, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk's Turkey (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) (NO. 87)
• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184885272X
• ISBN 13: 9781848852723
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The grand narrative of The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building" is that of the essential continuity of the late Ottoman Empire with the Republic of Turkey that was founded in 1923. Erik J. Zurcher shows that Kemal's 'ideological toolkit', which included positivism, militarism, nationalism and a state-centred world view, was shared by many other Young Turks. Authoritarian rule, a one-party state, a legal framework based on European principles, advanced European-style bureaucracy, financial administration, military and educational reforms and state-control of Islam, can all be found in the late Ottoman Empire, as can policies of demographic engineering. The book focuses on the attempts of the Young Turks to save their empire through forced modernization as well as on the attempts of their Kemalist successors to build a strong national state. The decade of almost continuous warfare, ethnic conflict and forced migration between 1911 and 1922 forms the background to these attempts and accordingly occupies a central position in this volume. This is a powerful history reflecting and contributing to the latest research from a leading historian of modern Turkey.
It is essential for all readers interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, and for an understanding of a key player in the politics of the Middle East and Europe."

About the Author

Erik J. Zurcher is Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden and Director of the International Institute of Social History at Amsterdam. He is the author of numerous books on Turkey, including Turkey: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris), which has been translated into seven languages; Arming the State: Military Conscription in the Middle East and Central Asia, 1775-1925; Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World; and Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization under Ataturk and Reza Shah (all I.B.Tauris).