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    Courage and Fear
    (Cambridge Univ Press, 2021) Department of History; Amar, Tarık Youssef Cyril; Other; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 294014
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    Did he really do it? Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, party disloyalty, and the 1923 affair
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014) Department of History; Baker, Mark R.; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    The article uses a variety of documents, published and unpublished, to explore the 1923 arrest, interrogation and 'trial' of Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, often considered the Bolsheviks' leading expert on Muslim affairs in the early Soviet period. Contrary to the historiography on this crucial moment in the development of Soviet nationality policy, I argue that Sultan-Galiev was not Stalin's 'first victim'. Rather, responding to the vagaries of Soviet nationality policy, he did indeed violate party discipline in a number of ways, and was engaged in developing conspiratorial ties outside of the party. In fact, the party leaders, and Stalin in particular, treated him less severely than they could have.
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    Examining age structure and estimating mortality rates in Ottoman Bursa using Mid-Nineteenth-Century population registers
    (Taylor _ Francis, 2021) Department of History; Erünal, Efe; PhD Student; Department of History; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
    This study aims to document the age structure and mortality by age in the Ottoman city of Bursa that served as a politically and commercially significant urban center over centuries. It uses a set of hitherto unexamined Ottoman population registers kept in 1839 and updated until 1842 that provide detailed self-reported data on all male inhabitants regardless of age, including deaths, births, and migration. The study tests the quality of age and mortality data in conjunction with the Coale and Demeny regional model life tables and compares the results to historical demographic studies conducted for European regions. The results point to a demographic structure marked by high birth and death rates and prove promising for extending back the study of Ottoman demographic transition and establishing historical comparison points with the global experience.
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    Free trade or an alternative path: the queue system and struggle over the conditions of work in Ottoman ports, 1900-1910
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016) N/A; Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168
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    Great catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide
    (Cambridge Univ Press, 2018) Department of History; Polatel, Mehmet; Researcher; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
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    Labor activism and the state in the Ottoman tobacco industry
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2014) Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168
    In the late 19th and early 20th century, tobacco exports from the Ottoman Empire rapidly increased. Thousands of workers began to earn their livelihoods in warehouses, sorting and baling tobacco leaves according to their qualities. Ottoman towns where tobacco warehouses were concentrated soon became the sites of frequent labor protests. This article analyzes strikes that broke out in two such towns, Iskece (Xanthi) and Kavala, in 1904 and 1905. It underlines the active role of the Ottoman government in the settlement of these strikes. It also shows that mobilized tobacco workers devised effective protest tactics and often secured a say in key decisions, such as when and under what conditions the warehouses operated. However, in both towns, labor activism was characterized by fragmentation as well as unity. The workers who took to the streets did not equally share the burdens and benefits of their collective actions. That inequality, the article argues, was rooted in gendered power relations, intercommunal rivalries, and other social tensions among the workers.
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    Labor migration from Krusevo: mobility, Ottoman transformation, and the Balkan highlands in the 19th century
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021) Department of History; Sefer, Akın; Yıldız, Aysel; Kabadayı, Mustafa Erdem; Researcher; Researcher; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; 33267
    Although mountainous regions remained relatively isolated and almost untouched by the Ottoman rule, labor migration connected the inhabitants of these regions to the socioeconomic and political processes in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Krusevo, a highland village located in present-day North Macedonia, provides an excellent case for understanding these connections. This paper presents systematic evidence from the Ottoman archives to document and analyze the social, economic, and demographic impacts of labor migration during this period. It provides an in-depth analysis of the Ottoman population and tax records of Krusevo in the 1840s, demonstrating the occupational profiles, migration patterns, and family and neighborhood networks of village residents during this period. Based on this analysis, it argues that labor migration was key to the transformation of social, economic, and demographic relations in rural communities and to the integration of even the most remote highland villages with the modernization processes that characterized the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.
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    Land disputes and reform debates in the eastern provinces
    (I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2015) N/A; Department of History; Polatel, Mehmet; Researcher; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
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    Local demands and state policies: general councils (Meclis-i Umumi) in the Edirne and Ankara provinces (1867-1872)
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017) N/A; Department of History; Köksal, Yonca; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53333
    By comparing the decisions of various meetings of the General Councils of Edirne and Ankara provinces from 1283 to 1288 (1867-1872 AD), this study analyses social and economic dynamics of both provinces, the state vocabulary for handling local demands, and the boundaries of responsibility for the state and the local actors in provincial administration. Instead of reading the Tanzimat as a top-down imposition, this article defines General Councils as sites of negotiations between state and local actors and instruments for local development. This article challenges the conventional view of provincial councils as weak and unable to implement various policies. It contributes to a new generation of studies that challenges the separation between state and social forces and looks at how both interacted in provincial administration.
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    Managing the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana: Turkey’s relations with Britain and the US in a turbulent era (1929-1947)
    (Taylor _ Francis, 2016) Department of History; N/A; Barlas, Dilek; Yılmaz, Şuhnaz Özbağcı; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 4172; 46805
    In analyzing Turkey’s relations with Great Britain and the US in a period of drastic change (1929- 1947), this article argues that the origins of the shift in the orientation of Turkish foreign policy from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana not only affected the perceptions and strategies of relevant powers, but also entailed a dynamic interactive process. It asserts that the transition featured aspects of significant change, as well as continuity for the region. It demonstrates that while attempting to bandwagon with the relatively stronger naval, military and economic partner, Turkey also endeavored to pursue a more autonomous foreign policy at various stages of this transition.