Opposition and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire: Conspiracies and Political Cultures

ISBN-13: 9780415580441 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 128 str.

Florian Riedler

Opis

This book gives an account of the political culture of Ottoman rule in the late 19th century & the forces of opposition against it, examining a number of key political conspiracies & how these relate to the notion of legitimacy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Political Culture of Conspiracy  2. A Sheikh and an Officer: The Society of Martyrs and the Kuleli Incident  3. New and Old Forms of Opposition: The Young Ottomans and the Vocation Group  4. How To Exchange Sultans: The Successful Coup Against Abdülaziz  5. War and Refugees: Ali Suavi and the Çırağan Incident  6. Bourgeois Conspirators: The Skalieri-Aziz Committee  7. Conclusion: The Tanzimat and Beyond

O autorze

Florian Riedler is a historian specialising in Ottoman history of the nineteenth century. His current research interests are social and urban history of the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly Istanbul, as well as the history of migration in the Ottoman Empire.