Week 14: Young Turks,
Arab Nationalism, Zionism
April 19-21
Young
Turk leadership, 1909
Please read
any three of the following: Submit one form, due Sunday, April 17;
read Quataert, 74-88, 172-191.
- Aron Rodrigue , "The Alliance
and the Emergence of Zionism in Turkey," from his French Jews, Turkish
Jews: The Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Politics of Jewish
Schooling in Turkey, 1860-1925. Study guide for Rodrigue .
- Serif Mardin , "The Young Ottomans," from his
The Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought: A Study in the Modernization
of Turkish Political Ideas. Study guide for Mardin .
- M. Sukru Hanioglu , "The Political Ideas of the
Young Turks," from his The Young Turks in Opposition. Study guide
for Hanioglu .
- Arthur Goldschmidt , Jr., "The Roots of Arab
Bitterness," from his A Concise History of the Middle East. Study
guide for Goldschmidt .
- Hugh Seton-Watson , "The Greeks and the
'Great Idea'," from his Nations and States: An Enquiry into the Origins
of Nations and the Politics of Nationalism.
An optional reading,
with no form attached:
Kemal H. Karpat , "Some Observations on Jewish
Immigration, Settlement and Growth of Population in Palestine under Turkish
(Ottoman) rule, 1850-1914," in International Journal of Turkish Studies,
Spring 2001, VII/1-2, pp. 54-67.
I will post here on April 21 study questions for the final exam,
which will emphasize weeks 8-15.
Members of the Meclis-i Mebusan 1912