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    The Ottoman Special organization - Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa : an inquiry into its operational and administrative characteristics
    (2012-09) Safi, Polat
    The usage or misuse of the terms, “intelligence” and “band”, has culminated in the production of a number of irreconcilable Special Organization (hereafter SO) definitions in literature, thereby leading to complications in the limitation of the scope of the subject matter. This thesis argues that the most effective way to understand and grasp the SO is closely related to the conceptualization of the term, “Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa”. In this way, a simple definitional model of the SO is produced, thus eliminating some ambiguities about the subject from the outset. This definition emphasizing the nature of the SO is also expected to act as an epistemic guide for the clarification of the operational and administrative characteristics of the SO.
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    The Ottoman special organization-Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa : a historical assessment with particular reference to its operations against British occupied Egypt (1914-1916)
    (2006) Safi, Polat
    The present level of the knowledge about the plans and operations of the Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa forces against Egypt during World War I is very poor in terms of the analysis of this phenomenon at a micro level in different localities. This study, in this context, is an attempt throught the Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa concentration mourished mainly from Sinai, Libya, and to a lesser extent Sudan, against Egypt between 1914 and 1916 to further our understanding of not only the details of the Teşkilat's activities in these regions but also its administrative and operational characteristics.
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    (Kebikeç Yayınları, 2012) Safi, Polat
    Her çete tanımı zaman, mekan ve bağlamda değişeceği için ideal bir çete tanımı yapmak imkan dahilinde gözükmemektedir. Buna rağmen terimin temel bileşenlerini ve farklı durumlardaki kullanım biçimlerini tespit etmek mümkündür. Bu bağlamda, 1908-1918 arasındaki çalkantılı dönem, çete teriminin Osmanlı otoriteleri tarafından oldukça analitik kullanıldığı bir dönemi temsil eder. Bu makale terimin kullanım biçimleri yahut kategorizasyonunun, resmiyet ve meşruiyet gibi kaygan ve çok yönlü kavramlar etrafında nasıl şekillendiğini ele alıyor.