20th century turkish history
A01=Hasan Kayali
arab politics
arabism
Author_Hasan Kayali
authority
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central europe
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imperial capital
international relations
islam
islamism
istanbul
late ottoman empire
middle eastern dynasty
middle eastern history
middle eastern politics
multi party politics
muslim
nationalism
ottoman empire
ottoman government
proto nationalist ideology
turkish history
western europe
young turk movement
young turk period
young turk revolution
Product details
- ISBN 9780520204461
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Sep 1997
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Arabs and Young Turks provides a detailed study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. In an analytical narrative of the Young Turk period (1908-1918) historian Hasan Kayali discusses Arab concerns on the one hand and the policies of the Ottoman government toward the Arabs on the other. Kayali's novel use of documents from the Ottoman archives, as well as Arabic sources and Western and Central European documents, enables him to reassess conventional wisdom on this complex subject and to present an original appraisal of proto-nationalist ideologies as the longest-living Middle Eastern dynasty headed for collapse. He demonstrates the persistence and resilience of the supranational ideology of Islamism which overshadowed Arab and Turkish ethnic nationalism in this crucial transition period. Kayali's study reaches back to the nineteenth century and highlights both continuity and change in Arab-Turkish relations from the reign of Abdulhamid II to the constitutional period ushered in by the revolution of 1908.
Arabs and Young Turks is essential for an understanding of contemporary issues such as Islamist politics and the continuing crises of nationalism in the Middle East.
Hasan Kayali is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.
