The Cambridge History of Turkey: Volume 4, Turkey in the Modern World (Cambridge History of Turkey)

Turkey's modern history has been shaped by its society and its institutions. In this fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Turkey a team of some of the most distinguished scholars of modern Turkey have come together to explore the interaction between these two aspects of Turkish modernization. The volume begins in the nineteenth century and traces the historical background through the reforms of the late Ottoman Empire, the period of the Young Turks, the War of Independence and the founding of the Ataturk's Republic. Thereafter, the volume focuses on the Republican period to consider a range of themes including political ideology, economic development, the military, migration, Kurdish nationalism, the rise of Islamism, and women's struggle for empowerment. The volume concludes with chapters on art and architecture, literature, and a brief history of Istanbul. This Volume Examines The Rise Of Turkish Power In Anatolia From The Arrival Of The First Turks At The End Of The Eleventh Century To The Fall Of Constantinople In 1453. Taking The Period As A Whole, The Volume Covers The Political, Economic, Social, Intellectual And Cultural History Of The Region As The Byzantine Empire Crumbled And Anatolia Passed Into Turkish Control To Become The Heartland Of The Ottoman Empire. In This Way, The Authors Emphasise The Continuities Of The Era Rather Than Its Dislocations, Situating Anatolia Within Its Geographic Context At The Crossroads Of Central Asia, The Middle East And The Mediterranean. The World Which Emerges Is One Of Military Encounter, But Also Of Cultural Cohabitation, Intellectual And Diplomatic Exchange, And Political Finesse. This Is A State-of-the-art Work Of Reference On An Understudied Period In Turkish History By Some Of The Leading Scholars In The Field. --book Jacket. V. 1. Byzantium To Turkey, 1071-1453 / Edited By Kate Fleet -- V. 2. The Ottoman Empire As A World Power, 1453-1603 / Edited By Suraiya N. Faroqhi, Kate Fleet -- V. 3. The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839 / Edited By Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- V. 4. Turkey In The Modern World / Edited By Reşat Kasaba. Description Based On: Vol. 3, Published 2006. Vol. 2 Published 2013. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF TURKEY VOLUME 4 Turkey in the ModernWorld 4 Contents 6 Illustrations 9 Maps 10 Tables and graphs 11 Contributors 12 Chronology 15 Acknowledgements 22 Abbreviations 24 1 Introduction 28 part I OTTOMAN BACKGROUND AND TRANSITION 36 2 The Tanzimat 38 3 The reign of Abd ̈ulhamid II 65 4 The Second Constitutional Period, 1908–1918 89 5 The struggle for independence 139 6 Atatürk 174 part II REPUBLIC OF TURKEY 200 7 Migration and Turkey: the dynamics ofstate, society and politics 202 8 The migration story of Turks in Germany: from the beginning to the end 226 9 Politics and political parties in Republican Turkey 253 10 Economic change in twentieth-century Turkey: is the glass more than half full? 293 11 Ideology, context and interest: the Turkish military 328 12 Kurds and the Turkish state 360 13 Islam and politics in contemporary Turkey 384 14 Sufism and Islamic groups in contemporary Turkey 408 15 Contestation and collaboration: women’s struggles for empowerment in Turkey 415 16 Art and architecture in modern Turkey: the Republican period 446 17 The novel in Turkish: narrative tradition to Nobel prize 499 18 A brief history of modern Istanbul 531 Select bibliography 551 Index 569 Volume I of The Cambridge History of Turkey examines the rise of Turkish power in Anatolia from the arrival of the first Turks at the end of the eleventh century to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453. Taking the period as a whole, rather than dividing it along the more usual pre-Ottoman/Ottoman fault line, the volume covers the political, economic, social, intellectual and cultural history of the region as the Byzantine Empire crumbled and Anatolia passed into Turkish control to become the heartland of the Ottoman Empire. In this way, the contributors to the volume engage with and emphasize the continuities of the era rather than its dislocations, situating Anatolia within its geographic context at the crossroads of Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. The world which emerges is one of military encounter, but also of cultural co-habitation, intellectual and diplomatic exchange, and political finesse. This is a state-of-the-art work of reference on an understudied period in Turkish history by some of the leading scholars in the field