The Circassians of Turkey
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78831-447-3 (ISBN)
As experienced veterans of the wars with Russia, many Circassians were recruited into the paramilitary groups of the late Ottoman Empire and later fought on both sides in the Turkish War of Independence (1919 – 1922). Here, Caner Yelba?? reveals the complex and important role played by the Circassians of north-western Anatolia in the chaotic years after 1918.
Because many of the key Circassian actors either sided initially with The Ottoman Government or later broke away from the `national’ movement led by Mustafa Kemal in Ankara, official Turkish historiography frequently labelled them `traitors to the nation’. This book revises this narrative by revealing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting bonds of kinship and political loyalty that inscribed their presence in heartlands of the empire and the republic. Yelba?? shows that the Circassians played an important role in the establishment of the early republic and how the Turkification policies of the Kemalist regime in the two decades following 1918 disrupted their world.
Using a wide variety of primary source material, including Ottoman and Republican archives – as well as memoirs, the press and secondary literature – this book sheds light on a minority who, unlike the Kurds or Armenians, are yet to receive scholarly attention in Turkish Studies. It will thus be a vital resource for scholars in Middle East Studies, Turkish Studies and Ottoman Studies.
Caner Yelbasi holds a PhD in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is currently a researcher in the History Department at Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey.
Acknowledgments
Note on Place-names, Names, Abbreviations Maps
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: `Rebellion’ or `Civil War’ Circassian Paramilitary Activism During the Turkish-Greek War of 1919-1920
Chapter Three: Civil War in the Empire: Adapazar?- Düzce and Yozgat Incidents (1920)
Chapter Four: Replacement of the Bandits and Irregular Forces with the Regular Army in the Western Front, Çerkes Ethem, Mustafa Kemal and ?smet (?nönü)
Chapter Five: The Circassian Congress, Bandits and Gönen-Manyas Deportations
Chapter Six: 150’ers, Circassians and Turkish State 1924-1938
Conclusion
Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.08.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Library of Modern Turkey ; 44 |
Zusatzinfo | 10 black and white illustrations |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78831-447-6 / 1788314476 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78831-447-3 / 9781788314473 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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