The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia: Turkey's Belle Epoque and the Transition to a Modern Nation State

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Ottoman Turkey's coastal provinces in the early nineteenth century were economic powerhouses, teeming with innovation, wealth and energy a legacy of the Ottoman s outward-looking and trade-orientated diplomacy. By the middle of the century, the wide-ranging and radical process of modernisation known collectively as the Tanzimat was underway, in part a symptom of a slow decline in Ottoman financial strength. By the 1920s, the coastal cities were ghost towns. The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia seeks to unpick how and why this happened. A detailed, rich and authoritative regional study, this book offers a unique and original insight into the effects of forced migration, displacement, economic re-organisation and the competing political ideologies focused on modernisation all of which are central to the study of the late Ottoman Empire.

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"An exemplary study of the major developments of the period (imperialism, economic incorporation, nationalism and war) seen through the prism of a meticulous microhistory of an Ottoman port town." - Erik J. Zurcher, Professor of Turkish Studies, Leiden University; "A most welcome contribution to the field ... On the basis of an impressive amount of source material, Emre Erol has succeeded in providing a fresh insight into the manifold dynamics that affected and shaped socio-political life during the Young Turk era." - Fikret Adanir, Professor Emeritus of History, Sabanci University; "Late Ottoman history has become a minefield of controversy and distortion. Yet scholars like Emre Erol bring an enviable integrity to uncovering the dark spots of the declining empire...An exemplary exploration of Young Turk policy and the fate of the Greeks of Western Anatolia" - Ronald Grigor Suny, author of They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else: A History of the Armenian Genocide

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Emre Erol is Docent at Leiden University where he completed his PhD under the supervision of Erik J Zurcher."