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    Enver Pasha and the political currents in the late Ottoman period
    (2000) Özmen, Ayşe Gülru
    This thesis analyzes the dominant political currents in the Ottoman Empire at the turn of the twentieth century- namely Pan- Turkism, PanIslamism, Ottomanism- and aims to figure out which of these currents that Enver Pasha mostly emphasized. Within this context, the emergence of the Pan- movements, competing ideologies in the late Ottoman period, the role of Enver Pasha within the CUP and his activities and statements which can be incorporated with these ideologies will be discussed. The thesis also trace the different arguments made by historians regarding the political preferences of Enver Pasha. It will seek to answer questions such as, which of these ideologies Enver Pasha used interchangebly, what were the external and internal circumstances that influenced his position and why there are many divergent arguments about his political preferences.