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Tanzimat reforms reconsidered : The Case study of Tuna province (1856-1868)
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)
After signing of the Treaty of Paris (1856), Westernization and other reforms were adopted by the Ottoman government as a strategy to protect the state in existence. The Christian Question in the Empire as well as the ...
Murder in Salonika, 1876 : a tale of apostasy turned into an international crisis
(Bilkent University, 2009)
The intent of this thesis is to narrate the Salonika Incident of May 1876
and analyze this highly politicized micro case within the framework of the 19th
century Ottoman history. In the scope of this work, the event ...
Ottoman military recruitment and the recruit : 1826-1853
(Bilkent University, 2005)
This thesis attempts to offer an account of Ottoman military recruitment, and
those who were recruited in the era between 1826 and 1853. The period in question
marks an era of significant reforms, including the establishment ...
A study of Ottoman modernisation on the city : the sixth municipal district of İstanbul (1858-1877)
(Bilkent University, 2006)
This thesis attempts to analyse the first European style municipal administration of
the Ottoman Empire as a manifestation of its modernisation attempts and the
influence of European powers in the 19th century. The Sixth ...
Tanzimat the Balkans : Midhat Pasha's governorship in the Danube Province (Tuna Vilayeti), 1864-1868
(Bilkent University, 2007)
This study aims at analyzing Midhat Pasha’s governorship in the Danube
province between 1864 and 1868 within two dimensions: Midhat Pasha as an
Ottoman governor symbolizing the Tanzimat ideology and modernization in ...
Outposts of an Empire : early Turkish migration to Peabody, Massachusetts
(Bilkent University, 2005)
This thesis examines early (1890s-1920s) Turkish immigration to Peabody,
Massachusetts. It is a case study which argues that the most prominent factor driving
early Turkish migration to Peabody was economic. Thus the ...
From nomadism to sedentary life in Central Anatolia : the case of Rışvan tribe (1830-1932)
(Bilkent University, 2011)
This thesis presents an overview of how the Ottoman Empire established its relations
with nomads and how it managed to administrate the settlement of nomadic tribes.
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the dynamics that ...