Rise of the young Turks : politics, the military and Ottoman collapse / M. Naim Turfan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turfan, M. Naim (Mehmed Naim), 1946-1998.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--Politics and government--1909-1918.

Turkey.

Politics and government.

Turkey--History--20th century.

History.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Physical Description:

xix, 490 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2000.

Summary:

The military was the key political institution in early 20th century Turkey. Its duty was to save the state -- a responsibility buried deeply in its ethos and tradition -- and this was reflected in the young Turk movement and its leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. This book examines the historical conditions under which the Ottoman-Turkish military tradition was established, the role it played (especially in the Young Turk era) and the way it set the scene for the transformation from empire to nation-state, the Republic of Turkey. Broad social and historical settings introduce coverage of the tumultuous events of the period 1908-1913 in a lively historical narrative with accompanying commentary.

Contents:

Prologue: Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the political aspects of Ottoman civil-military relations xv

Part 1 On military politics 1

Chapter 1. The military as a key political institution 3

Part 2 The military tradition in the Ottoman Empire 13

Chapter 2. The military seal 15

I. Stamping the military's seal on Osman Gazi's principality 15

II. The ratification of the military seal in the Ottoman state 23

III. The military as a modern institution

restamping the seal 49

Part 3 The influence of the military tradition upon the Young Turks 131

Preamble: The politicization of the officer corps 133

Chapter 3. From the military's intervention to its role as the political ruling group 143

I. The officer corps as regulator of domestic politics 143

II. The struggle for the political initiative 162

III. Professional ineptitude and political instability 194

IV. Coup d'etat: the Raid on the Sublime Porte 205

Chapter 4. The military as the political ruling group 285

I. Military ratification as a requisite for government policy 285

II. Strategies for survival 302

III. Attempts at civilian control of the military 315

IV. Military supremacy, and self-control, under Enver Pasa 337

Epilogue: Continuity of the military seal from Empire to nation-state 429.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

ISBN:

186064533X

OCLC:

42444598