Week 11: The Beginnings
of Secularism in the Middle East
March 29-31
New University
designed and built by Fassati Brothers; view from Sea of Marmara, ca. 1900.
On the left
is the Mosque of Ahmet I; on the right is a minaret of Hagia Sophia
Please read
either Lewis or Berkes. Submit one form. Due Sunday March 27. Read
also Quataert, 110-139.
- Bernard
Lewis , "The Impact of the West,"
from his The Emergence of Modern Turkey . Study guide for Lewis .
- Niyazi
Berkes , "Foundations of a Secular
State," from his The Development of Secularism in Turkey. Study guide
for Berkes .