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The Circassian

A Life of Esref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent

By: Benjamin C. Fortna

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The Circassian

A Life of Esref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent

By: Benjamin C. Fortna

Esref Kusçubasi remains controversial in Turkey over fifty years after his death. Elsewhere the man sometimes called the "Turkish Lawrence of Arabia" is far less known but his life offers fascinating insights into the traumatic, increasingly violent struggles that ended the Ottoman Empire and ushered in the modern Middle East. Drawing on Esref's private papers for the first time, these pages tell the story of the making of a headstrong "self-sacrificing" officer committed to defending the empire's shrinking borders. Esref took on a string of special assignments for Enver Pasha, the rapidly rising star of the Ottoman military, first in Libya against the Italians, then in the Balkan Wars and World War I, before being captured by the forces of the Arab Revolt and turned over to the British and imprisoned on Malta. Released in 1920, he joined the national resistance movement in Anatolia but fell out with Mustafa Kemal's leadership and switched sides, earning him banishment from the Turkish Republic at its founding and exile until the 1950s. Never far from the action or controversy, Esref's dynamic story provides an important counterpoint to the standard narrative of the transition from empire to nation state.

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0190862688

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Imperial Classroom

Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire

By: Benjamin C. Fortna

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Imperial Classroom

Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire

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Imperial Classroom deserves our attention on several counts, the most important being its innovatory approach, systematic presentation and the large variety of sources consulted to good effect... well-documented and very readable... this scholarly book should be read not only by those studying late Ottoman education, but by all those interested in the period of Abdülhamid II.' -Middle Eastern StudiesThis book presents a many-sided view of education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century under the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on a wide array of primary material, ranging from archival reports to textbooks and classroom maps, Benjamin C. Fortna provides a detailed scholarly analysis of the Ottoman educational endeavour, revealing its fascinating mix of Western and indigenous influences.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0199248400

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9780199248407

The Circassian

A Life of Esref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent

By: Benjamin C. Fortna

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A Life of Esref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent

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0190862777

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