From Empire To Republic - Essays On The Late Ottoman Empire And Modern Turkey - Volume 1

by Feroz Ahmad

In these two volumes, Feroz Ahmad focuses on crucial period of Turkish modernisation; from Young Turks to Turkish Republic and the relationship between the Committee of Union and Progress and Modern Turkey. He traces the work of generation of reformers; engineers of a new social structure, as well as events that shaped the modernisation path. These articles especially deal with the period since the 1908 revolution, examining the process by which the new Turkey was formed. Ahmad also underlines the crises of legitimacy that characterized much of the period.

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Feroz Ahmad was a Turkish-American academic, historian and political scientist who taught at different universities, including the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts University, Harvard University, Columbia University and Yeditepe University. He was one of the leading scholars studying modern history of Turkey.

Reviews

[quinlan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books to understand CUP and their policy during last years of Ottoman Empire. It is also important for interpretation of Modern Turkey.