Circassians of Turkey
«In this book, Yelbasi supports his arguments by employing rich analyses based on hitherto unused archival documents. It is a valuable study for both academics and the general readers who are interested in late Ottoman and early Turkish Republican history.»
Turkish Studies
Turkey's Circassians were exiled to the Ottoman Empire in the wake of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in 1864, resettling most notably in the Danubian provinces, Thessaly, Syria, Central Anatolia and the southern shores of the Sea of Marmara. Les mer
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This book revises this narrative by revealing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting bonds of kinship and political loyalty that inscribed their presence in heartlands of the empire and the republic. Yelbasi shows that the Circassians played an important role in the establishment of the early republic and how the Turkification policies of the Kemalist regime in the two decades following 1918 disrupted their world. Using a wide variety of primary source material, including Ottoman and Republican archives - as well as memoirs, the press and secondary literature - this book sheds light on a minority who, unlike the Kurds or Armenians, are yet to receive scholarly attention in Turkish Studies. It will thus be a vital resource for scholars in Middle East Studies, Turkish Studies and Ottoman Studies.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- I.B. Tauris
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 264
- ISBN
- 9781838600174
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
Anmeldelser
«In this book, Yelbasi supports his arguments by employing rich analyses based on hitherto unused archival documents. It is a valuable study for both academics and the general readers who are interested in late Ottoman and early Turkish Republican history.»
Turkish Studies
«By discussing the issues with primary and secondary sources such as Ottoman and Republican archives and memoirs, Yelbasi proposes a new perspective to the existing modern Turkey historiography.»
Kafkasya Calismalari, Journal of Caucasian Studies
«Drawing parallels between the experiences of the Circassians and those of the Kurds in Turkey, this is a clearly written and informative book»
Metin Yüksel, Middle Eastern Studies