The Ottoman Twilight in the Arab Lands : Turkish Memoirs and Testimonies of the Great War / Selim Deringil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deringil, Selim, Editor.

Series:

Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Turkish.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Turkey.

World War, 1914-1918--Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Great War is still seen as a mostly European war. The Middle Eastern theater is, at best, considered a sideshow written from the western perspective. This book fills an important gap in the literature by giving an insight through annotated translations from five Ottoman memoirs, previously not available in English, of actors who witnessed the last few years of Turkish presence in the Arab lands. It provides the historical background to many of the crises in the Middle East today, such as the Arab-Israeli confrontation, the conflict-ridden emergence of Syria and Lebanon, the struggle over the holy places of Islam in the Hejaz, and the mutual prejudices of Arabs and Turks about each other.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Aspects of the Ottoman Twilight

Chapter 1. Falih Rıfkı Atay

Chapter 2. Hüseyin Kazım Kadri

Chapter 3. Ali Fuad Erden

Chapter 4. Münevver Ayaşlı

Chapter 5. Naci Kaşif Kıcıman

Conclusion. The Atrak and the Arabs

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-61811-959-1

OCLC:

1135591866