Theses - Department of History
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Propaganda and democracy: a study of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s fireside chats
(Bilkent University, 2020-06)Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the 32nd President of the United States of America during one of the most tumultuous periods of the country’s history between March 4, 1933 and April 12, 1945. Throughout this time ... -
Diplomacy, evangelism and reform: Abdülhamid II and American Protestant missionaries, 1876 - 1890
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)This thesis is an attempt to understand how the Ottoman authorities increasingly viewed the American Protestant missionaries associated with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), the largest ... -
Power politics in Ottoman provincial administration: a case study of Gürcü Osman Pasha (1789-1807)
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)This dissertation examines Gürcü Osman Pasha, who was a promising military origin Ottoman state official at his early career stages, but then turned into a rebel sacking Rumelian districts in collaboration with the most ... -
Behind the history: English etiquette books and nineteenth century's perceptions of women
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)The Victorian era is a vital period in terms of intellectual and social changes, in addition to the industrial revolution and urbanization. This study aims to analyze nineteenth century English etiquette books and perceptions ... -
“In Dominio Sunt III Carrucae Et Vi Serui Et III Ancillae”: understanding female slaves in Early Medieval England through Domesday Book
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)The aim of this thesis is to provide an insight into the place and role of female slaves in eleventh-century England by examining the records of six counties in Domesday Book. In a general sense, medieval women are ... -
An analysis study on the implementations of gedik, esham and muzara’a
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)This thesis examines there economic practices (gedik, esham and muzara’a) that emerged in the Ottoman Empire in the modern period (18th and 19th centuries) and the relationship between them. This study claims that these ... -
Ambassador at war: John J. Muccio and the Korean War (1948-1952)
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)The United States of America sent eight ministers to Korea’s Chosŏn Dynasty and Korean Empire from 1883 until 1905. John J. Muccio was the first Ambassador that the U.S. dispatched to the Republic of Korea. What made Muccio ... -
Of disguise and provocation: the politics of clothing in the late Ottoman Empire, 1890-1910
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)This thesis aims to analyze the fedayee practice of disguise in the context of violence between the years of 1890 and 1910 in the North-east parts of the Ottoman Empire. It mainly focuses on the practice’s itself and reason ... -
The cinque ports in the reigns of King John and King Henry III, with a focus on the two civil wars of the thirteenth century
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)Situated on the shores of the historic counties of Kent and Sussex on the South-East coast of England, the Cinque Ports were a group of port towns which provided ship service to the kings in exchange for certain privileges ... -
The religion of the gentry and middling classes: the English Reformation as reflected in wills, 1509-1553
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)The purpose of this thesis is to present and analyse statistical data of the religion of the gentry and middling classes as reflected in 1997 wills between 1509 to 1553, during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. In ... -
The transformation of an itinerant army: from the Catalan Company to the Catalan Duchy of Athens and Neopatras (1303-1388)
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)This thesis examines the transformation of the Catalan Company into a political, social and cultural institution from the arrival of the Company at Constantinople in September 1303 until the fall of Catalan Athens to the ... -
‘‘Réalta an chruinne caitir fhíona’’: the cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria in Late Medieval Scotland
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)This thesis succinctly investigates the chronological traces and the historical development of the cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria in Late Medieval Scotland. The main argument of this study evolves around why possibly ... -
The conditions and methods of the land travels of the Ottoman subjects during the pre-modern era
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Traveling in the Ottoman Empire during the pre-modern times was challenging and dangerous for everyone, but much so for civilians. Furthermore, the central authority discouraged the mobility of civilians, and wanted them ... -
The Pomaks: conversion to islam in the Western Rhodope mountains in the 15th century
(Bilkent University, 2019-06)In this thesis, the religious conversion process among the local population in the Western Rhodope, an area under the rule of the Ottoman Empire,is examined. The importance and location of the Rhodope during the expansion ... -
A study over tax and relationship formed around taxation in the Ottoman Empire (16th-17th century)
(Bilkent University, 2019-06)This thesis inspects the relationship between ruling class and subject class during the early modern period of Ottoman Empire (16th-17th centuries). The study argues that ruling class who was entitled to collect taxes were ... -
Electrification of İstanbul (1878-1923)
(Bilkent University, 2019-02)This dissertation focuses on the history of introduction and development of electrical technology in Ottoman Istanbul with a special focus on the 1910 concession, and its implementation, which was held to construct the ... -
The news agencies in the Ottoman Empire: Havas, Reuters and the Ottoman Telegraph Agency (1862-1914)
(Bilkent University, 2019-01)Established in the nineteenth century, Havas, Reuters and Wolff’s became three major and influential news agencies in the world. Especially Havas and Reuters gave utmost importance to the Ottoman Empire and competed to ... -
Ottoman oil concessions during the Hamidian Era (1876–1909)
(Bilkent University, 2018-12)This thesis evaluates the Ottoman oil concessions in the Hamidian Era (1876–1909), by focusing on Abdulhamid II’s famous "balanced policy" in the international affairs of the Empire. The study argues that there was an ... -
“The free speech league: a study on the ideas about the freedom of speech during the progressive era”
(Bilkent University, 2018-11)The period of Progressive Era that predates the World War I was vivid with government involvement in freedom of speech in different forms. The censorship laws as well as the prevention and criminalization of public speeches ... -
Unaccompanied children: UNRRA and displaced children in the United States‟ zone of occupied Germany (1945-1947)
(Bilkent University, 2018-09)After World War II the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was tasked with providing assistance to millions of displaced people in Europe including unaccompanied children discovered in the US ...
