The Young Ottomans : Turkish critics of the Eastern Question in the late nineteenth century / by Nazan Çiçek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Çiçek, Nazan, author.

Series:

Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 20.

Library of Ottoman studies ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eastern question.

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

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Eastern Question, as it was termed by the European Powers in the nineteenth century, was a debate primarily concerned with the issue of 'what to do with the Turk?'. The Ottoman Empire had become known as the 'sick man of Europe' following its gradual decline since the eighteenth century, and its demise would be highly problematic for the crowned heads of Europe. This unique book focuses on the intellectual and political dynamics of the first Ottoman political opposition in the modern sense, the so-called 'Young Ottomans'. In the process it narrates an alternative version of the Eastern Question as experienced and told by its Eastern observers and critics. Nazan A icek shows how an important section of the newly-rising semi-autonomous Ottoman Muslim Turkish intelligentsia in the second half of the nineteenth century, effectively answered the alternative question of 'what to do with the West?'."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

Europe's 'Eastern Question' or the Turk's 'Western Question?

Historical and Social Setting

The Young Ottomans: The Quest for a Way Out

The Triumvirate: Namik Kemal, Ziya Bey and Ali Suavi

The Nexus: David Urquhart and the Young Ottomans

CHAPTER 1: THE CRETAN INSURRECTION 1866-1869

Introduction

Crete: The Half-Hearted Domain of the Sultan

The Prelude to the Insurrection: Crete as the Theatre of the 'Eastern Question'

The Opening of the Insurrection: Crete as the Arena of Foreign Intervention

The Plea for Fairness: The Young Ottomans on the Cretan Affair

Second Year of the Insurrection, the Sultan's Visit to Europe and a New Stage of the Young Ottoman Opposition

Conclusion

CHAPTER 2: THE QUESTION OF EQUALITY BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS AND THE FOREIGN INTERVENTION INTO THE 'DOMESTIC' AFFAIRS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Islahat Fermani and the Question of Equality

Foreign Intervention in the Internal Affairs of the Ottoman Empire

The Limits of the Ottoman's Forbearance and a Debate on the Remedy: Usul-ü Mesveret or Civil Disobedience?

CHAPTER 3: THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE YOUNG OTTOMANS

Marvels of Progress, Political Economy and the Young Ottomans

Finance Capital, Foreign Loans and the Ottoman Public Debt

Ottoman External Borrowing and the Young Ottomans

Awakening the Captain to the Danger: The Young Ottoman Appeal to the Sultan, the Extravagances of the Ruling Elite and the Broken Tacit Contract

CONCLUSION.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613057457

9780755692897

0755692896

9781283057455

128305745X

9780857718785

0857718789

OCLC:

713348622