Prisons In The Late Ottoman Empire: Microcosms Of Modernity (Edinburgh Studies On The Ottoman Empire)

Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual abuse traditionally associated with Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons, Kent Schull argues that, during the Second Constitutional Period (1908-1918), they played a crucial role in attempts to transform the empire.

• | Author: Kent F. Schull
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1474435726
• | ISBN-13: 9781474435727