Researcher: Nacar, Can
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Publication Metadata only The Regie monopoly and tobacco workers in late Ottoman Istanbul(Duke Univ Press, 2014) N/A; Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168N/APublication Metadata only 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; 53168N/APublication Metadata only Negotiating railroad safety in the late Ottoman Empire: the state, railroad companies, trainmen, and trespassers(Cambridge Univ Press, 2019) N/A; Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168This study examines different approaches taken in the late Ottoman Empire to deal with the risks and dangers posed by railroads. Like its counterparts in Europe and the United States, the Ottoman state actively sought to protect individuals against railroad risks. for this purpose, it mandated the use of certain devices meant to facilitate the safe flow of railroad traffic and introduced measures that aimed to discipline railroaders and pedestrians into behaving appropriately. However, the state was not the only actor that struggled to address railroad risks. Railroad companies, primarily to advance their economic interests, incorporated technologies that considerably reduced the risk of collisions. Yet economic concerns also sometimes hampered investments in railroad safety. for instance, the manner in which trespassing cases were handled by accident investigation committees and courts allowed the companies to avoid their obligations with respect to fencing around railroad tracks. as a result, it was easy for pedestrians to use tracks near their homes and workplaces as pathways. Finally, the article also shows that in performing their duties, trainmen enjoyed considerable freedom from control by railroad managers. This freedom was further reinforced by the shortage of experienced and skilled labor in the Ottoman railroad industry.Publication Metadata only Labor and power in the late Ottoman Empire: tobacco workers, managers, and the state, 1872-1912(Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168By the early twentieth century, consumers around the world had developed a taste for Ottoman-grown tobacco. Employing tens of thousands of workers, the Ottoman tobacco industry flourished in the decades between the 1870s to the First Balkan War-and it became the locus of many of the most active labor struggles across the empire. Can Nacar delves into the lives of these workers and their fight for better working conditions. Full of insight into the changing relations of power between capital and labor in the Ottoman Empire and the role played by state actors in these relations, this book also draws on a rich array of primary sources to foreground the voices of tobacco workers themselves.Publication Metadata only 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; 53168In 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.Publication Metadata only Empire of difference: the Ottomans in comparative perspective(Homer Academic Publ House, 2011) N/A; Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity that assesses Ottoman successes as well as failures against those of other empires with similar characteristics. Barkey examines the Ottoman Empire's social organization and mechanisms of rule at key moments of its history, emergence, imperial institutionalization, remodeling, and transition to nation-state, revealing how the empire managed these moments, adapted, and averted crises and what changes made it transform dramatically. The flexible techniques by which the Ottomans maintained their legitimacy, the cooperation of their diverse elites both at the center and in the provinces, as well as their control over economic and human resources were responsible for the longevity of this particular “negotiated empire”. Her analysis illuminates topics that include imperial governance, imperial institutions, imperial diversity and multiculturalism, the manner in which dissent is handled and/or internalized, and the nature of state society negotiationsPublication Metadata only Sharing the economic pie in a rising port city: rivalry, conflict and alliances in the early 20th century Mersin(İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi, 2017) N/A; Department of History; Nacar, Can; Faculty Member; Department of History; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 53168Mersin was a small village in the mid-19th century. However, within about fifty years, it became an important Eastern Mediterranean port city. By the early 20th century, its population had reached 15,000, volume of trade had multiplied, and transportation infrastructure had been improved. As an outcome these developments, wealth began to pour in Mersin. However, at the same time, the city began to witness disputes over the distribution of wealth. This study examines one such dispute that erupted in the summer of 1905 and involved the owners of boat companies, their workers, and artisans who were ferrying cargoes between the piers and ships anchored offshore. It sheds some important light on how claims for a greater share of the pie fostered conflicts, and alliances between people from different social classes in Mersin. / 19. yüzyılın ortasında küçük bir köy olan Mersin, yaklaşık elli yıl içerisinde Doğu Akdeniz’in önemli bir liman kenti haline geldi. 20. yüzyılın başına gelindiğinde kentin nüfusu 15,000’e ulaşmış, ticaret hacmi katlanarak artmış ve ulaşım altyapısı hayli gelişmişti. Mersin bir yandan bu gelişmelerin etkisi ile hızla zenginleşirken, öte yandan zenginliğin nasıl paylaşılacağına dair farklı toplumsal gruplar arasında ciddi anlaşmazlıklara sahne olmaya başladı. Bu çalışma kentteki iskeleler ile açıkta demirlemiş gemiler arasında nakliyat işi yapan istimbot ve mavna şirketlerinin sahipleri, onların çalışanları ve esnaflar arasında 1905 yılı yazında patlak veren böyle bir anlaşmazlığı incelemektedir. Osmanlı hükümetinin söz konusu anlaşmazlık hakkında hazırladığı detaylı soruşturma dosyasına dayanarak, ekonomik pastadan daha fazla pay kapma isteğinin Mersin’deki farklı toplumsal sınıflardan aktörler arasında ne tür çatışma ve ittifaklara zemin hazırladığı hakkında ipuçları sunmaktadır.