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Ada Holly Shissler
''Between Two Empires: Ahmet Ağaoğlu and the New Turkey'' is a 2002 book about Ahmet Ağaoğlu by A. Holly Shissler, published by I.B. Tauris. Subject matter The book is a case study of Ahmet Ağaoğlu, covering religion, society, nationality and their interactions. Sam Kaplan describes the book: "''Between Two Empires'' is the story of an intellectual's struggle to reorganize social relations in the Muslim and Turkic world, first into a morally homogenous community, and later following World War 1, into politically exclusive nations—all the while upholding a liberal individualistic rapport to society." Reception Kaplan praised the book as a case study but noted that as a republished dissertation, it would have benefited from further editing. Kemal Karpat found some "blemishes" but praised the book's "wide theoretical scope, penetrating comparative analyses, and multifaceted qualities." Feroz Ahmad wrote that Shissler accomplished her goal of providing an analysis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Ağaoğlu
Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu ( az, Əhməd bəy Ağaoğlu; December 1869 – 19 May 1939), was a prominent Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist. He was one of the founders of Pan-Turkism and liberal Kemalism. Life Early life Ağaoğlu was born in December 1869 to a Shia Muslim family in the town of Shusha in the Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire.Ada Holly Shissler. ''Between Two Empires: Ahmet Agaoglu and the New Turkey'', I.B.Tauris, 2003, p. 43 His father, Mirza Hassan, was a cotton farm owner of the Qurteli tribe, and his mother, Taze Khanum, was of the seminomadic Sariji Ali tribe. Agaoglu assumed his fathers family migrated form Erzurum to the Karabakh region in the 18th century.Shissler, Ada Holland (2003). p.45 The head of the a larger household of about 40 people was the older brother of his father, a religious man. His primary education included the reading the tales of ''Leyla and Mecnun'', '' Bustan'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemal Karpat
Kemal Haşim Karpat (15 February 1924, Babadag Tulcea, Romania – 20 February 2019, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States) was a Romanian- Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Early life He was of Turkish origin and born in Babadag, Romania. He received his LLB from the University of Istanbul, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University. He previously worked for the UN Economics and Social Council and taught at the University of Montana (though it was called Montana State University at the time) and New York University. His final post was at Istanbul Şehir University Istanbul Şehir University ( tr, İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi, literally City University of Istanbul) was a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2008 by the Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (BiSaV or BSV, en .... Selected publications * ''Elites and Religion: From Ottoman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feroz Ahmad
Feroz Ahmad (born 1938) is a retired academic, historian and political scientist who taught at different universities, including the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts University, Harvard University, Columbia University and Yeditepe University. Early life and education Ahmad was born in New Delhi in 1938. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Delhi University and a master's degree in the same field from the University of London. He obtained a PhD from the University of London under the supervision of Bernard Lewis, and his thesis was about the Young Turk Revolution in 1908. Career Ahmad worked at several US universities between 1966 and 2003. He was Emeritus Professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. From 2006 he taught at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. Work Ahmad has published many books and articles, most of which are concerned with Ottoman and modern Turkish history. His major books are as follows: ''The Young Turks: The Committee of U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Journal Of Middle East Studies
The ''International Journal of Middle East Studies'' is a scholarly journal published by the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), a learned society. See also * Middle East Research and Information Project * Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa * ''Middle East Quarterly'' References External links IJMES Editorial Officeat The Graduate Center, CUNY On-line archiveat Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing hou ... Middle Eastern studies in the United States Non-Islamic Islam studies literature Quarterly journals Cambridge University Press academic journals English-language journals Middle Eastern studies journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies Publications establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing house specializing in monographs and scholarly journals. Most are nonprofit organizations and an integral component of a large research university. They publish work that has been reviewed by schola ... in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Press is a department of the University of Cambridge and is both an academic and educational publisher. It became part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, following a merger with Cambridge Assessment in 2021. With a global sales presence, publishing hubs, and offices in more than 40 Country, countries, it publishes over 50,000 titles by authors from over 100 countries. Its publishing includes more than 380 academic journals, monographs, reference works, school and uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Historical Review
''The American Historical Review'' is a quarterly academic history journal and the official publication of the American Historical Association. It targets readers interested in all periods and facets of history and has often been described as the premier journal of American history in the world. According to ''Journal Citation Reports'', the ''AHR'' has the highest impact factor among all history journals at 2.188. History Founded in 1895, ''The American Historical Review'' was a joint effort between the history departments at Cornell University and at Harvard University, modeled on ''The English Historical Review'' and the French ''Revue historique'', "for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research." The journal is published in March, June, September, and December as a book-like academic publication with research papers and book reviews, among other items (each issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of Islamic Studies
The ''Journal of Islamic Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal for the field of Islamic studies. The journal was founded in 1992 at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and is published by Oxford University Press. It is indexed by the ATLA Religion Database, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, the British Humanities Index, and EBSCO Historical Abstracts. The editor is Farhan Ahmad Nizami of Magdalen College, Oxford. In the first volume, the journal was introduced in an editorial by Nizami as having the goal of: "...promoting the diffusion and discussion of research findings in several disciplines, to encourage a more informed understanding of various branches of learning which concern themselves with Islam. This comprehensive approach reflects the view that the Islamic tradition is better understood and appreciated within a framework of what French historians might call 'total history'."See ''Nouvelle histoire The term ''new history'', from the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ağaoğlu Family
Ağaoğlu is a Turkish surname. People with the surname include: * Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929–2020), Turkish novelist * Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), Azerbaijani and Turkish publicist and journalist * Ali Ağaoğlu (born 1954), Turkish businessman * Burak Ağaoğlu (born 1999), Turkish football player * Onur Ağaoğlu (born 1990), Turkish architect and author * Samet Ağaoğlu (1909–1982), Turkish politician * Süreyya Ağaoğlu Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903, Shusha, Azerbaijan – 29 December 1989, Istanbul) was a Turkish- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Afr ... (1903–1989), Turkish writer * Yeşim Ağaoğlu (born 1966), Turkish artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Agaoglu Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
