Kurdish notables and the Ottoman state : evolving identities, competing loyalties, and shifting boundaries / Hakan Ozoglu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Özoğlu, Hakan, 1964-

Series:

SUNY Series in Middle Eastern Studies

SUNY series in Middle Eastern studies

SUNY series in Middle Eastern Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--History--19th century.

Kurds.

Kurds--History--20th century.

Kurds--Politics and government--19th century.

Kurds--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 186 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kurdish nationalism remains one of the most critical and explosive problems of the Middle East. Despite its importance, the topic remains on the margins of Middle East Studies. Bringing the study of Kurdish nationalism into the mainstream of Middle East scholarship, Hakan Özogálu examines the issue in the context of the Ottoman Empire. Using a wealth of primary sources, including Ottoman and British archives, Ottoman Parliamentary minutes, memoirs, and interviews, he focuses on revealing the social, political, and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism. Contrary to the assumption that nationalist movements contribute to the collapse of empires, the book argues that Kurdish leaders remained loyal to the Ottoman state, and only after it became certain that the empire would not recover did Kurdish nationalism emerge and clash with the Kemalist brand of Turkish nationalism.

Contents:

""Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transliteration and Translation""; ""Illustrations""; ""1. Introduction""; ""The Role of Kurdish Nationalism in the Emergence of the Turkish Republic""; ""A Brief Discussion of Nationalism""; ""Different Interpretations of Nationalism""; ""Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Development of Identity""; ""Nationalism in the Kurdish Case""; ""Nationalism and Notables in the Ottoman Empire""; ""Boundaries of the Research""; ""Organization and General Arguments of the Chapters""

""Definition of Kurdish Tribes"" ""Kurdish Tribalism Prior to the Ottoman Conquest""; ""Ottoman-Safavid Relations and Kurdistan""; ""Ottoman Administration in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries""; ""Classical Ottoman Administration""; ""Ottoman Administration in Kurdistan""; ""Decreasing Level of Autonomy""; ""Ottoman Administrative Policies in Nineteenth-Century Kurdistan""; ""Conclusion: Consequences of Ottoman Rule""; ""4. Kurdish Protonationalism?: The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries""; ""The Nationalist Dimension of Kurdish Militancy""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-178) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780791485569

0791485560

9781423739371

142373937X

OCLC:

62365183