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Urdu Travelogues about Türkiye and the Turks During the Reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II.

open access: yesبازیافت
The travelogues written in Urdu by travellers from the Indian subcontinent during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II offer valuable insights into the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul.
Arzu CIFTSUREN, Zeynep Altınköprü
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary thoughts upon the policies of the Ottoman State in the 16th century Indian Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article aims to sketch concisely about the relationships between the Ottomans and the Portuguese pertaining to the developments in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the 16th century. The purpose of the Portuguese Kingdom to establish hegemony in
Ozay, Mehmet
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The Ethnic Groups Military Recruitment Data

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Military conscription affects how countries expand political rights and fight wars, as well as their citizens' view of the state and socioeconomic outcomes. Until recently, conscription was studied in a simplified fashion, missing cases where it only applies to specific societal groups. We introduce the Ethnic Military Recruitment (EGMR) data,
Markéta Odlová, Marius Mehrl
wiley   +1 more source

Humanism at the Council of Constance. Diego de Anaya, Classical Manuscripts and Education in Salamanca

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
wiley   +1 more source

The Coverings of an Empire: An Examination of Ottoman Headgear from 1500 to 1829

open access: yes, 2012
This paper investigates the socio-economic and religious implications of hats worn in the Ottoman Empire from the mid-sixteenth century to 1829, when they were all replaced with the legendary fez.
Richardson, Connor H.
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A Relational Perspective on Land in Armed Conflict: Analysing the Village Guard Mobilisation in Turkey

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Turkish state's Village Guard system, revived in the 1980s as part of its counterinsurgency strategy against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). While often framed as a defensive militia, the Village Guards became central to the state's exceptional governance in Kurdistan, both facilitating military control and ...
Francis O'Connor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Forebears’, ‘saints’ and ‘martyrs’: the politics of commemoration in Bulgaria in the 1880s and 1890s [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Book description: The relationship between states, societies, and individuals in Central and Eastern Europe has been characterised by periods of change and redefinition.
Detchev, S.
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Trends and Insights in Arab Audit Research: A Bibliometric Exploration

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study employs bibliometric analysis to investigate audit research trends across five Arab countries—Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates—each reflecting distinct sociopolitical, economic and legal contexts.
Zouhour Ben Hamadi, Peter Ghattas
wiley   +1 more source

From East to West: Persian, Indian and Central European Themes Forming the Architectural Scenery in Early Modern Ottoman Culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study aims to define the changes in architectural scenery and cityscape in Ottoman cultural life in early modern era, i.e. 18th century. It is aimed to complement intercultural relations in this age through surveying the foreign impacts on Ottoman ...
Soner Sahin
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Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 603-610, March 2026.
‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
wiley   +1 more source

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