TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gürpınar,Doğan
TI  - Ottoman imperial diplomacy: a political, social and cultural history 
T2  - Library of Ottoman studies
SN  - 9781780761121 (hbk.)
AV  - JQ1806.Z1 G87 2014
U1  - 352.630956109034 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Bureaucracy
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, Turkish
KW  - Diplomatischer Dienst
KW  - gnd
KW  - Diplomatieke betrekkingen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
KW  - Osmanisches Reich
KW  - Osmaanse rijk
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-345) and index
N2  - The Ottoman Empire maintained a complex and powerful bureaucratic system which enforced the Sultan's authority across the imperial territories. This bureaucracy continued to gain in power and prestige, even as the empire itself began to crumble at the end of the nineteenth century. Through extensive new research in the Ottoman archives, Dogan Grupinar assesses the intellectual, cultural and ideological foundations of the diplomatic service under Sultan Abdulhamid II. Ottoman Imperial Diplomacy presents a new model for understanding the formation of the modern Turkish nation, arguing that the Hamidian imperial bureaucracy and the ethos this bureaucracy fostered - was constitutive in the emergence of Turkish nationalism. This book will be essential reading for historians of the Ottoman Empire and for those seeking to understand the history of Modern Turkey. -- Publisher
ER  -