The Ottoman Crisis In Western Anatolia : Turkey'S Belle Epoque And The Transition To A Modern Nation State

Ottoman Turkey's coastal provinces in the early nineteenth century were economic powerhouses, teeming with innovation, wealth and energy a legacy of the Ottoman s outward-looking and trade-orientated diplomacy. By the middle of the century, the wide-ranging and radical process of modernisation known collectively as the Tanzimat was underway, in part a symptom of a slow decline in Ottoman financial strength. By the 1920s, the coastal cities were ghost towns. The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia seeks to unpick how and why this happened. A detailed, rich and authoritative regional study, this book offers a unique and original insight into the effects of forced migration, displacement, economic re-organisation and the competing political ideologies focused on modernisation all of which are central to the study of the late Ottoman Empire.

• | Author: Emre Erol
• | Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• | Publication Date: Jan 22, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1784534706
• | ISBN-13: 9781784534707