Birth of Modern Turkey: The Ottoman Military and the March to WWI

by Handan Nezir-Akmese

Overview

The guide and mentor to the Ottoman military was Imperial Germany as the military developed its version of the Prussian 'School of Empire' - a set of ideas and practices which in the eyes of the officer corps saw the military as the embodiment of the Ottoman Turkish nation state. The military had intervened decisively in the 1908 Constitutional Revolution and were vital in bringing the Ottoman Empire into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Based on original Ottoman and German sources. The Birth of Modern Turkey shows how military thinking and policy contributed to the triumph of Ataturk and the founding of the modern Turkish state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850437970
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/26/2005
Series:	International Library of Twentieth Century History
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.42(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Handan Nezir-Akmese carried out her research at the Department of Middle East Studies, University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

Introduction
• The Political Outlook of the Ottoman Military at the turn of the Twentieth Century
• The officer corps in opposition: The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908
• The Military Press, 1908-1912
• Aftermath of the Revolution: The Officer Corps in Politics, 1909-1912
• The Reform of the Ottoman Army, 1909-1912
• The Balkan Wars and their Effects on the Officer Corps, 1912-1913
• Militant Nationalism, January-November 1914
• Conclusion
• Bibliography