March 18-20


Detail of the entrance of the Ince Minare Medresse, Konya. c. 1260-1265 CE

Please read Cahen, Inalcik, or Lindner; answer one of the following questions:   Due Sunday March 16.

1. How does Cahen explain the ethnic transformation of Anatolia/Asia Minor from largely Greek and Armenian to largely Turkish?                                                            2. Inalcik's explanation of the Emergence of the Ottoman State demonstrates some significant differences from those provided by Lindner and Cahen. Can you find them?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             3. What is Lindner's main thesis? And how does he distinguish his views from those of others, such as Inalcik?

Read also: Ochsenwald/Fisher, pp. 159-180. 

• Claude Cahen , "The Birth of Turkey" from his Pre-Ottoman Turkey. Study guide for Cahen
• Halil Inalcik , "The Question of the Emergence of the Ottoman State," in International Journal of Turkish Studies, II/1980, 71-79. Study guide for Inalcik .
• Rudi Lindner , "The Tent of Osman, The House of Osman," from his Nomads and Ottomans . Study guide for Lindner .