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The Hejaz Railway, one of the most significant projects undertaken by the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, stands as a remarkable accomplishment.
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Non‐Career Ambassador Appointments: Transformations in Turkish Diplomacy during the 1920s and 1930s
Abstract During the early years of the Turkish Republic, the establishment of foreign missions, the assignment of new diplomats to these missions as well as the inheritance of experiences, diplomats, buildings and other assets from the Ottoman Empire were matters of major political concern.
Evren Küçük
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The zones of fragility: outlaws and the forms of violence in the Ottoman Empire [PDF]
This study explores the relationship between violence and power through examining the archival documents about the outlaws in the Ottoman Empire from 1852 to 1876.
Cayli, Baris
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HE OTTOMAN INFLUENCE ON THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LIFE IN MOROCCO DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY [PDF]
: The present research aims at observing the most important cultural developments in Morocco in the contemporary period through the transfer of the Ottoman influences issued from the East.
ROUABHI Nadhir, ZENNOU Salah Eddine, DAHMANI Youssouf & HALIMI Mustapha
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Evaluating the Copies of Şikârî’s Karamannâme
Many sources are used to obtain information about history. The oral and written resources from civilizations, such as inscriptions, dictionaries, and literary works, are all important for getting an idea about the past.
Mizan Coşkun Özgür
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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
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“The West of the Orient”: The Depiction of the Ottoman Capital in Persian Hajj Travelogues
Comparing modernization processes in the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire, and assuming a similar pattern of development for these two empires are very common in historical and cultural studies.¹ During the second half of the nineteenth century, the
YILDIZ, GÜLLÜ
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Abstract On 2 June 1442, Alfonso V of Aragon seized the throne of Naples after twenty years of violence, rivalry and warfare between the houses of Anjou and Trastámara over control of the Italian Regno. Over the span of his sixteen‐year reign, Alfonso used Naples as a tool to build his reputation as a new Roman and Imperial ruler in the Italian south ...
Jessica L. Minieri
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Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
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