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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791852603321

Autore

Riedler Florian

Titolo

Opposition and legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire : conspiracies and political cultures / / Florian Riedler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-85251-4

1-136-85252-2

1-283-04203-7

9786613042033

0-203-83487-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Collana

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; ; 15

Disciplina

956/.015

Soggetti

Political culture - Turkey - History - 19th century

Conspiracies - Turkey - History - 19th century

Political activists - Turkey - History - 19th century

Social change - Turkey - History - 19th century

Opposition (Political science) - Turkey - History - 19th century

Legitimacy of governments - Turkey - History - 19th century

Police - Turkey

Turkey Politics and government 1829-1878

Turkey History Tanzimat, 1839-1876

Turkey History Tanzimat, 1839-1876 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Political culture of conspiracy -- A sheikh and an officer : the Society of Martyrs and the Kuleli incident -- New and old forms of opposition : the Young Ottomans and the Vocation Group -- How to exchange sultans : the successful coup against Abdülaziz -- War and refugees : Ali Suavi and the Çiragan incident -- Bourgeois conspirators : the Skalieri-Aziz Committee -- Conclusion: The Tanzimat and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at opposition to the Ottoman government in the second half of the nineteenth century, examining a number of key



political conspiracies and how these relate to an existing political culture. In his detailed analysis of these conspiracies, the author offers a new perspective on an important and well researched period of Ottoman history.A close reading of police records on five conspiracies offers the opportunity to analyse this opposition in great detail, giving special attention to the different groups of political actors in these conspiracies that often did not come f