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Courses Given This
Academic Year
IR 462 War and Diplomacy: The
Ottoman Empire 1800-1923
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A
study of Ottoman relations with the Great Powers of Europe from
Bonaparte's invasion of Europe until the establishment of the
Turkish Republic. The course will emphasize Ottoman involvement in
the Wars resulting from the French Revolution, the Muhammed Ali
and near Eastern crises of 1821-1833 and 1839-1841, the Crimean
War, the Near Eastern Crisis of 1875-1878 and Treaty of Berlin,
and the diplomatic and military aspects of the Tripolitanian War,
the Balkan Wars, World War I, and the Turkish War of National
Liberation. Credit units: 3.
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POLS 429 History of the Ottoman
Empire 1808-1918
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This
course deals with the political, economic and social structure of
late Ottoman empire. It investigates different ways in which the
state-society relations were regulated in Ottoman Empire. Credit
units: 3.
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HIST 535 Abdulhamid:
Reformer or Reactionary
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The
development of Ottoman government and society during the reign of
Sultan Abdulhamit II (1876-1909), with special attention to the
role he played in completing the work of the Tanzimat reform
movement carried out earlier in the 19th century, while at the
same time suppressing many of the political and social
ramifications of reform. Credit units: 3.
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HIST 554 Turkish War of
National Liberation
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The
Turkish War of National Liberation, 1918-1923. A study of means by
which the Turks achieved their independence and established the
Turkish Republic in the face of foreign occupation following World
War I, with special emphasis on the political, economic and social
movements in Turkey during the war, the structures, organizations
and operations of the Istanbul and Ankara governments, as well as
relations between them, the destruction and massacre inflicted by
the invading armies, and the movement and settlement of Muslim and
non-Muslim refugees during the war. Credit units: 3.
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