"When at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne olacak? 'What is to become of things?'"
Translated into English for the first time, this memoir provides fascinating first-hand insight into the personalities, intrigues, and inner workings of the Ottoman palace in its final decades. Written by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, who was First Secretary to Sultan Mehmed V and would go on to be one of Turkey's most famous novelists, On the Sultan's Service makes available to English readers the remarkable account of life and work in the Ottoman palace chancery--the public, "business" side of the palace--in its final incarnation. We learn of the court's new role under this second-to-last Sultan in post-Revolution Turkey. No longer exercising political power, the palace negotiated the minefields between political factions, sought ways to unite the empire in the face of sharpening nationalist aspirations, and faced with a kind of shocked despondency the opening salvos of the wars that were to overwhelm the country. Uşaklıgil includes interviews with the Imperial family and descriptions of royal nuptials, the palaces and its visitors, and the crises that shook the court. He delivers an insightful and moving portrait of Mehmed V, the elderly gentleman who reigned over the Ottoman Empire through both Balkan Wars and World War I.
Àâòîð: Karaveli Halil Íàçâàíèå: Why Turkey Is Authoritarian: Right-Wing Rule from Ataturk to Erdogan ISBN: 0745337554 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780745337555 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Íåèçâåñòíî Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 30350.00 T Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç. Îïèñàíèå: A radical history of Turkey, from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day, rejecting traditional narratives of a `clash of civilisations`
Àâòîð: Cagaptay Soner Íàçâàíèå: Erdogan`s Empire: Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East ISBN: 1788317394 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788317399 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Bloomsbury Academic Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 21120.00 T Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Íåâîçìîæíà ïîñòàâêà. Îïèñàíèå:
Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman sultans to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Here the leading authority Soner Cagaptay, author of The New Sultan -- the first biography of President Erdogan -- provides a masterful overview of the power politics in the Middle East and Turkey's place in it.
Erdogan has picked an unorthodox model in the context of recent Turkish history, attempting to cast his country as a stand-alone Middle Eastern power. In doing so Turkey has broken ranks with its traditional Western allies, including the United States and has embraced an imperial-style foreign policy which has aimed to restore Turkey's Ottoman-era reach into the Arabian Middle East and the Balkans. Today, in addition to a domestic crackdown on dissent and journalistic freedoms, driven by Erdogan's style of governance, Turkey faces a hostile world. Ankara has nearly no friends left in the Middle East, and it faces a threat from resurgent historic adversaries: Russia and Iran. Furthermore, Turkey cannot rely on the unconditional support of its traditional Western allies. Can Erdogan deliver Turkey back to safety? What are the risks that lie ahead for him, and his country? How can Turkey truly become a great power, fulfilling a dream shared by many Turks, the sultans, Ataturk, and Erdogan himself?
Àâòîð: Muzaffer Ozgules Íàçâàíèå: The Women Who Built the Ottoman World: Female Patronage and the Architectural Legacy of Gulnus Sultan ISBN: 1784539260 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784539269 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Bloomsbury Academic Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 126720.00 T Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Íåâîçìîæíà ïîñòàâêà. Îïèñàíèå: At the beginning of the 18th Century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern Empires.
Àâòîð: Birsen Erdogan Íàçâàíèå: Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect ISBN: 3319476823 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319476827 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 51230.00 T Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç. Îïèñàíèå: This book offers a discursive analysis of the Turkish Foreign Policy on Humanitarian Interventions (HI) and the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Across the chapters the author addresses important questions, such as: what is the position of the HI and R2P in the Turkish foreign policy discourse? Is there any variation between cases when it comes to the use of these concepts? How do these discourses shape/change/transform or sustain the Turkish identity? Despite the tendency in some countries to incorporate HI and R2P principles into their foreign policy (UK, Netherlands, Canada, Japan), and the fact that some countries are lobbying to make these principles a part of international or UN law, in the developing world these policies and concepts have not gained widespread recognition or approval. Countries like China, Brazil and India approach these concepts with suspicion or with reservation. The same tendency can be observed in the MENA region and in some parts of Africa and Asia. In this book, the author looks at the reasons behind these differences in approach and explores how the concept of identity affects Turkish foreign policy specifically. This study is invaluable for researchers and students of R2P and HI and foreign policy discourse in general.
Àâòîð: Pardoe Íàçâàíèå: The City of the Sultan, and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836 ISBN: 1108074413 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108074414 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 41170.00 T Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç. Îïèñàíèå: This two-volume work by Julia Pardoe (1804-62), published in 1837, arose from a visit to Turkey in 1835. Volume 1 describes the inhabitants of Istanbul, both the Ottoman governing elite and the expatriate community, giving a lively and observant account of life in the declining but still powerful Ottoman empire.
Àâòîð: Pardoe Íàçâàíèå: The City of the Sultan, and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836 ISBN: 1108074421 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108074421 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 41170.00 T Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç. Îïèñàíèå: This two-volume work by Julia Pardoe (1804-62), published in 1837, arose from a visit to Turkey in 1835. Volume 2 describes Pardoe`s travels in western Turkey and her return to Europe, giving a lively and observant account of life in the declining but still powerful Ottoman empire.
"When at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne olacak? 'What is to become of things?'"
Translated into English for the first time, this memoir provides fascinating first-hand insight into the personalities, intrigues, and inner workings of the Ottoman palace in its final decades. Written by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, who was First Secretary to Sultan Mehmed V and would go on to be one of Turkey's most famous novelists, On the Sultan's Service makes available to English readers the remarkable account of life and work in the Ottoman palace chancery--the public, "business" side of the palace--in its final incarnation. We learn of the court's new role under this second-to-last Sultan in post-Revolution Turkey. No longer exercising political power, the palace negotiated the minefields between political factions, sought ways to unite the empire in the face of sharpening nationalist aspirations, and faced with a kind of shocked despondency the opening salvos of the wars that were to overwhelm the country. Uşaklıgil includes interviews with the Imperial family and descriptions of royal nuptials, the palaces and its visitors, and the crises that shook the court. He delivers an insightful and moving portrait of Mehmed V, the elderly gentleman who reigned over the Ottoman Empire through both Balkan Wars and World War I.