Reforming Ottoman governance : success, failure and the path to decline / by Fuat Andic, Suphan Andic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andic, Fuat M., author.

Andic, Suphan, author.

Series:

Gorgias studies in the modern Middle East ; 4.

Munaqashat, Gorgias studies in the Modern Middle East ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Turkey.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book is the history of reform attempts in the Ottoman Empire and the internal and external difficulties in implementing them. Imperialist aggression towards the Empire and bloody janissary revolts hampered the reforms, and although some successes in governance were achieved, there were many failures, and these contributed to the demise of the Empire at the end of the First World War.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chronology (Selim I-Mehmet VI)

Note on Transcriptions

Preface

Introduction

Governance and Reform Paradigm

Counsels Unheeded

1699-1718: Defeat and Decline

The Tulip Era

1730-1789: Missed Opportunities

Selim III

1807-1808: Janissaries Revolt

Mahmud II

The Reform Edict

The Crimean War and the Concert of Europe

1861-1876: La Belle Époque

Tanzimat and the Legacy of Âli Pasha

Abdülhamid II

1908-1918: The Demise of the Empire

Epilogue

Bibliography

Glossary

About the Authors

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781463235772

1463235771

OCLC:

879497822