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Who killed Panayot? : reforming Ottoman legal culture in the 19th century / Omri Paz.

By: Paz, Omri [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: MicrohistoriesPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138482074Subject(s): Criminal justice, Administration of -- Turkey -- Case studies | Criminal investigation -- Turkey -- Case studies | Robbery investigation -- Turkey -- Case studies | Police brutality -- Turkey -- Case studies | Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Turkey -- 19th century | Turkey -- History -- 1829-1878Additional physical formats: Online version:: Who killed Panayot?DDC classification: 364.15/52095625 LOC classification: HV9960.T9 | P39 2021
Contents:
The Big Picture -- Episode One: The Opium Deal -- Episode Two: The Robbery -- Episode Three: Reporting the Robbery -- Episode Four: Panayot and Lefter's Arrest -- Episode Five: The Siege on Barker's Villa (The Ottoman Version) -- Episode Six: The Siege on Barker's Villa (The British Version) -- Episode Seven: At Ulucaklı Dimitri's -- Episode Eight: At John Werry's -- Episode Nine: Interrogations in Seydiköy -- Episode Ten: Panayot's Death & Bekir Ağa's Arrest -- Episode Eleven: Manastırlı Mihail's Tale -- Episode Twelve: The Consul & The Pasha -- Episode Thirteen: An Imperial Affair -- Episode Fourteen: Ali Nihat Efendi's Commission -- Conclusions: A New Legal Culture.
Summary: "Who Killed Panayot? retells the true story of an opium robbery and subsequent police investigation that took place in the port-city of Izmir in 1850-52. What started as a simple case soon turned into a diplomatic crisis between two bygone empires, as the investigation provoked strong tensions between the British community in Izmir and the local Ottoman authorities. These tensions were exacerbated by the death of one of the suspects - a gardener named Panayot - after he was interrogated by the police. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources from the affair, Paz skilfully reconstructs this untold saga. Through microhistory and sociolegal analysis, he pieces together the lives of the outlaws and policemen involved in the case, and sheds important light on the history of opium smuggling and the impact of interrogation under torture. Paz argues that a "culture of lying" was adopted by both British and Ottoman officials, in face of the new legal reality that forged the concepts of human rights and the rule of law. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of microhistory, as well as those interested in sociolegal history, non-Western modernity, and the Ottoman Empire"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Big Picture -- Episode One: The Opium Deal -- Episode Two: The Robbery -- Episode Three: Reporting the Robbery -- Episode Four: Panayot and Lefter's Arrest -- Episode Five: The Siege on Barker's Villa (The Ottoman Version) -- Episode Six: The Siege on Barker's Villa (The British Version) -- Episode Seven: At Ulucaklı Dimitri's -- Episode Eight: At John Werry's -- Episode Nine: Interrogations in Seydiköy -- Episode Ten: Panayot's Death & Bekir Ağa's Arrest -- Episode Eleven: Manastırlı Mihail's Tale -- Episode Twelve: The Consul & The Pasha -- Episode Thirteen: An Imperial Affair -- Episode Fourteen: Ali Nihat Efendi's Commission -- Conclusions: A New Legal Culture.

"Who Killed Panayot? retells the true story of an opium robbery and subsequent police investigation that took place in the port-city of Izmir in 1850-52. What started as a simple case soon turned into a diplomatic crisis between two bygone empires, as the investigation provoked strong tensions between the British community in Izmir and the local Ottoman authorities. These tensions were exacerbated by the death of one of the suspects - a gardener named Panayot - after he was interrogated by the police. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources from the affair, Paz skilfully reconstructs this untold saga. Through microhistory and sociolegal analysis, he pieces together the lives of the outlaws and policemen involved in the case, and sheds important light on the history of opium smuggling and the impact of interrogation under torture. Paz argues that a "culture of lying" was adopted by both British and Ottoman officials, in face of the new legal reality that forged the concepts of human rights and the rule of law. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of microhistory, as well as those interested in sociolegal history, non-Western modernity, and the Ottoman Empire"-- Provided by publisher.