Turks across empires : marketing Muslim identity in the Russian-Ottoman borderlands, 1856-1914 / James H. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, James H., author.

Series:

Oxford studies in modern European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkic peoples--History.

Turkic peoples.

History.

Muslims--Russia--History.

Muslims.

Relations.

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

Turkey.

Russia--Relations--Turkey.

Russia.

Turkey--Relations--Russia.

Physical Description:

vii, 211 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Marketing Muslim identity in the Russian-Ottoman borderlands, 1856-1914

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Turks Across Empires tells the story of the pan-Turkists, Muslim activists from Russia who gained international notoriety during the Young Turk era of Ottoman history. Yusuf Akçura, Ismail Gasprinskii, and Ahmet Agaoglu are today remembered as the forefathers of Turkish nationalism, but in the decade preceding the First World War they were known among bureaucrats, journalists, and government officials in Russia and Europe as dangerous Muslim radicals. This volume traces the lives and undertakings of the pan-Turkists in the Russian and Ottoman empires, examining the ways in which these individuals formed a part of some of the most important developments to take place in the late imperial era. James H. Meyer draws upon a vast array of sources, including personal letters, Russian and Ottoman state archival documents, and published materials to recapture the trans-imperial worlds of the pan-Turkists. Through his exploration of the lives of Akcura, Gasprinskii, and Agaoglu, Meyer analyzes the bigger changes taking place in the imperial capitals of Istanbul and St. Petersburg, and on the ground in central Russia, Crimea, and the Caucasus. Turks Across Empires focuses, especially upon three developments occurring in the final decades of empire: an explosion in human mobility across borders, the outbreak of a wave of revolutions in Russia and the Middle East, and the emergence of deeply politicized forms of religious and national identity. As these are also important characteristics of the post-Cold War era, argues Meyer, the events surrounding the pan-Turkists provide valuable lessons regarding the nature of present-day international and cross-cultural geopolitics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Trans-Imperial People 21

2 Insider Muslims 48

3 Activists and the Ulema after 1905 81

4 The Great Muslim Teacher Wars 107

5 The Politics of Naming 130

6 Istanbul and the Pan-Turkic Scene 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198725145

0198725140

OCLC:

900794725