Imperial Istanbul
Imperial Istanbul

Author: Jane Taylor

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1998-12-31

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9781860642494

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Jane Taylor's classic guidebook to Istanbul is acknowledged as the ultimate introduction to the city, and it has been extensively revised for this paperback edition. It leads travelers from the great monuments of Byzantium and early Constantinople to the mosques and palaces built for Suleyman the Magnificent and the other Sultans while providing both practical information and a rich historical context. It also covers more recent sites, ranging from the mundane (the Galatasaray fishmarket) to the magnificent pavilions and villas of late Ottoman times. In addition to Istanbul, the cities of Iznik, Bursa and Edirne are covered in extensive detail. Filled with maps, itineraries, plans and detailed descriptions of all the sites that any visitor could hope to see, this is the only guidebook that a traveler to Istanbul will ever need.

Istanbul
Istanbul

Author: John Freely

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1998-02-26

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0141926058

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Istanbul's history is a catalogue of change, not least of name, yet it has managed to retain its own unique identity. John Freely captures the flavour of daily life as well as court ceremonial and intrigue. The book also includes a comprehensive gazetteer of all major monuments and museums. An in-depth study of this legendary city through its many different ages from its earliest foundation to the present day - the perfect traveller's companion and guide.

A Farewell To Imperial Istanbul
A Farewell To Imperial Istanbul

Author: Ayşe Osmanoğlu

Publisher: Ayşe Osmanoğlu

Published: 2024-05-29

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13:

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Set against the majestic backdrop of Imperial Istanbul in the aftermath of the First World War, A Farewell To Imperial Istanbul weaves a captivating tale of family, duty and the indomitable human spirit. İstanbul, 1922: As the Ottoman Empire crumbles in the wake of the Great War, the fate of the Imperial capital and the House of Osman hang in the balance. Emboldened by victory in the Turkish War of Independence, the Turkish Nationalist Government abolishes the Ottoman Sultanate, bringing an end to over six centuries of Ottoman rule. Although the Ottoman Caliphate endures for now, Istanbul is stripped of its Imperial mantle and mourns its lost glory. Amidst this tumultuous period, Prince Nihad navigates the shifting political landscape with deep concern for his nation and the future of the Imperial family. Meanwhile, his son, Prince Vâsıb, envisions a peaceful future following the Treaty of Lausanne and yearns to see his city liberated from foreign occupation. As the new Republic of Türkiye emerges from the ashes of the once-mighty Ottoman Empire, Istanbul and the Imperial family confront a pivotal moment in history, their destinies entwined with the dangerous tides of the Bosphorus. Surrounded by perilous currents that separate East and West, members of the Dynasty face challenges that test their resilience and unity as they chart a new and uncertain course. Journey back in time to witness the final days of Imperial Istanbul, and follow Prince Nihad and Prince Vâsıb as they grapple with personal aspirations, family loyalties, and the legacy of an Empire in transition. Experience history's unfolding drama through their eyes, exploring the profound impact of change and adversity on individuals in their quest for survival and meaning in a world entering a new era.

Constantinopolis/Istanbul
Constantinopolis/Istanbul

Author: Çi_dem Kafescio_lu

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0271027762

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"Studies the reconstruction of Byzantine Constantinople as the capital city of the Ottoman empire following its capture in 1453, delineating the complex interplay of socio-political, architectural, visual, and literary processes that underlay the city's transformation"--Provided by publisher.

The Ottoman Scramble for Africa
The Ottoman Scramble for Africa

Author: Mostafa Minawi

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2016-06-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0804799296

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The Ottoman Scramble for Africa is the first book to tell the story of the Ottoman Empire's expansionist efforts during the age of high imperialism. Following key representatives of the sultan on their travels across Europe, Africa, and Arabia at the close of the nineteenth century, it takes the reader from Istanbul to Berlin, from Benghazi to Lake Chad Basin to the Hijaz, and then back to Istanbul. It turns the spotlight on the Ottoman Empire's expansionist strategies in Africa and its increasingly vulnerable African and Arabian frontiers. Drawing on previously untapped Ottoman archival evidence, Mostafa Minawi examines how the Ottoman participation in the Conference of Berlin and involvement in an aggressive competition for colonial possessions in Africa were part of a self-reimagining of this once powerful global empire. In so doing, Minawi redefines the parameters of agency in late-nineteenth-century colonialism to include the Ottoman Empire and turns the typical framework of a European colonizer and a non-European colonized on its head. Most importantly, Minawi offers a radical revision of nineteenth-century Middle East history by providing a counternarrative to the "Sick Man of Europe" trope, challenging the idea that the Ottomans were passive observers of the great European powers' negotiations over solutions to the so-called Eastern Question.

Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire
Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire

Author: Bernard Lewis

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780806110608

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Administration, society and intellectual life of the Turkish Empire during the two centuries that followed the capture of Constantinople in 1453.

The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul
The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul

Author: Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9004437568

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This book presents the holistic examination of the 1720 Ottoman imperial circumcision festival through a combined analysis of the hitherto unknown archival sources, contemporary narratives as well as book paintings.

A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire

Author: Sevket Pamuk

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-03-09

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521441971

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An important book on the monetary history of the Ottoman empire by a leading economic historian.

East Meets West - Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire
East Meets West - Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire

Author: Monica Pohle Fraser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1351942190

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Bringing together cultural, economic and social historians from across Europe and beyond, this volume offers a consideration from a number of perspectives of the principal forces that further integrated the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe during the first century of industrialisation. The essays not only review and analyse the commercial, financial and monetary factors, negative as well as positive, that bore upon the region's initial stages of modern transformation, but also provide a ready introduction to major aspects of the economy and society of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Beginning with two chapters providing the context to the development of Ottoman relations with Western Europe up to the second half of the nineteenth century, the collection then moves on to explore more specific questions of trade links, the impact of improved transportation and communications, the development and changing nature of Ottoman finance and banking, as well as European investment in Turkey. The outcome is a broad ranging consideration of how all these issues played a fundamental role in the final decades of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of Turkey as a modern state with links to both east and west. The essays in this collection derive from the EABFH colloquium held in the Imperial Mint, Istanbul, in October 1999.

Ottoman Imperial Diplomacy
Ottoman Imperial Diplomacy

Author: Dogan Gurpinar

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-10-25

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 085772312X

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The Ottoman Empire maintained a complex and powerful bureaucratic system which enforced the Sultan's authority across the Empire's Middle-Eastern territories. This bureaucracy continued to gain in power and prestige, even as the empire itself began to crumble at the end of the nineteenth century. Through extensive new research in the Ottoman archives, Dogan Gurpinar assesses the intellectual, cultural and ideological foundations of the diplomatic service under Sultan Abdulhamid II. In doing so, Ottoman Imperial Diplomacy presents a new model for understanding the formation of the modern Turkish nation, arguing that these Hamidian reforms- undertaken with the support of the 'Young Ottomans' led by Namik Kemal- constituted the beginnings of modern Turkish nationalism. This book will be essential reading for historians of the Ottoman Empire and for those seeking to understand the history of Modern Turkey.