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1 Online-Ressource (264 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2019 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781838600198
Series Statement:
Library of modern Turkey
Content:
"Turkey's Circassians were exiled to the Ottoman Empire in the wake of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in 1864, resettling most notably in the Danubian provinces, Thessaly, Syria, Central Anatolia and the southern shores of the Sea of Marmara. As experienced veterans of the wars with Russia, many Circassians were recruited into the paramilitary groups of the late Ottoman Empire and later fought on both sides in the Turkish Civil War. Here, Caner Yelbasi reveals the complex and important role played by the Circassians of north-western Anatolia in the chaotic years after 1918. Because many of the key Circassian actors either sided initially with The Ottoman Government or later broke away from the 'national' movement led by Mustafa Kemal in Ankara, official Turkish historiography frequently labelled them 'traitors to the nation'. This book revises this narrative by revealing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting bonds of kinship and political loyalty that inscribed their presence in heartlands of the empire and the republic. Yelbasi shows that the Circassians played an important role in the establishment of the early republic and how the Turkification policies of the Kemalist regime in the two decades following 1918 disrupted their world. Using a wide variety of primary source material, including Ottoman and Republican archives - as well as memoirs, the press and secondary literature - this book sheds light on a minority who, unlike the Kurds or Armenians, are yet to receive scholarly attention in Turkish Studies. It will thus be a vital resource for scholars in Middle East Studies, Turkish Studies and Ottoman Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
Acknowledgments -- Note on Place-names, Names, Abbreviations -- Maps -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: 'Rebellion' or 'Civil War' Circassian Paramilitary Activism During the Turkish-Greek War of 1919-1920 -- Chapter Three: Civil War in the Empire: Adapazari- Düzce and Yozgat Incidents (1920) -- Chapter Four: Replacement of the Bandits and Irregular Forces with the Regular Army in the Western Front, Çerkes Ethem, Mustafa Kemal and Ismet (Inönü) -- Chapter Five: The Circassian Congress, Bandits and Gönen-Manyas Deportations -- Chapter Six: 150'ers, Circassians and Turkish State 1924-1938 -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Archives and Sources.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781788314473
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781838600181
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781838600174
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781838600198
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