History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Reform, revolution, and republic: the rise of modern Turkey, 1808-1975

by Stanford Jay Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw

1976 · Cambridge University Press

List of tables Preface Preface to the second printing List of abbreviations Note on pronunciation Map of the growth of the Ottoman Empire, 1280-1683 Map of the decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1683-1975 1 The beginnings of modern Ottoman reform: the era of Mahmut II, 1808-1839 2 The era of modern reform: the Tanzimat, 1839-1876 3 Culmination of the Tanzimat: the reign of Abdulhamit II, 1876-1909 4 The Young Turk period, 1908-1918 5 The Turkish war for independence, 1918-1923 6 The Turkish Republic, 1923-1975 Appendix Bibliography Index.