Synopsis: This revisionist history of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic attempts a more balanced view of the rules of Abdulhamid II and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Usually seen as enlightened, Ataturk despised Abdulhamid and his feudal rule, and Turkish historiography has agreed in reviling the... Read More
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The Well-Protected Domains (Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909) ISBN: 9781860644726 | Palgrave Macmillan | 1999 | English