The Ottoman East in the Nineteenth Century: Societies, Identities and Politics

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Ottoman East in the Nineteenth CenturySocieties, Identities and Politics\nAuthor(s): Ali Sipahi, Dzovinar Derderian, Yasar Tolga Cora\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781784533885, 978-1784533885\nSynopsis\nThe Ottoman East what is also called Western Armenia, Northern Kurdistan or Eastern Anatolia compared to other peripheries of the Ottoman Empire, has received very little attention in Ottoman historiography. So-called taboo subjects such as the fate of Ottoman Armenians and the Kurdish Question during the latter years of the Ottoman Empire have contributed to this dearth of analysis. By integrating the Armenian and Kurdish elements into the study of the Ottoman Empire, this book seeks to emphasise the interaction of different ethno-religious groups. As an area where Ottoman centralization faced unsurpassable challenges, the Ottoman East offers an ideal opportunity to examine an alternative social and polit""