INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION vii
4. THE ORIGINS AND NATURE OF TURKISH POWER 1
5. THE ISLAMIC-OTTOMAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE: THE QUEST FOR A MODEL OF OTTOMAN HISTORY 41
6. OTTOMAN IMPERIAL POLICY AND THE ECONOMY OF THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 65
7. THE TURKISH QUESTION IN THE ERA OF THE FIFTH LATERAN COUNCIL (1512-1517) 105
8. ĠAZĪ GĪRAY II, KHAN OF THE CRIMEA, AND OTTOMAN POLICY IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CAUCASUS, 1588-94 125
9. GERMAN ZEITUNG LITERATURE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 151
10. HABSBURG AND OTTOMAN IN HUNGARY IN THE 16th AND 17th CENTURIES 163
11. HOW THE OTTOMANS GOVERNED THE ARABS: THE OBSERVATIONS RECORDED BY EVLIYA CHELEBI IN 1672 173
12. THE UNITED STATES ENCOUNTERS THE MIDDLE EAST: THE NORTH AFRICAN EMIRATES AND THE U.S. NAVY (1783-1830) 189
13. MONEY AND BANKING IN ALGIERS IN 1800 205
14. AMERICAN LIBERALISM ESTABLISHES BASES: ROBERT COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT 229
15. OTTOMAN MILITARY REFORM DURING THE LATE TANZIMAT: THE PRUSSIAN GENERAL VON DER GOLTZ AND THE OTTOMAN ARMY 247
16. THE RISE OF KING 'ABD AL-'AZĪZ IBN SA'ŪD DURING THE ERA OF OTTOMAN SULTAN 'ABD AL-ḤAMĪD II (1876-1909) 261
17. REVIEW ARTICLE OSMANLIILMI VE MESLEKI CEMIYETLERI 291
18. KEMAL ATATURK AND THE OTTOMAN TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP AND REFORM 305