''Between Two Empires: Ahmet Ağaoğlu and the New Turkey'' is a 2002 book about

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 ...

by A. Holly Shissler, published by I.B. Tauris.

Subject matter

The book is a case study of

, 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 of Ağaoğlu's intellectual development and called the book "a compelling account of a life that had a dramatic impact on two empires and a nation-state." Michelangelo Guida noted minor errors in transcription of Turkish names, but ultimately suggested that the book was helpful in understanding Ağaoğlu as an important figure in the early years of the

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 ...

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite journal , last1 = Kaplan , first1 = Sam , author-link = The Pedagogical State , date = Nov 2004 , title = Review: Between Two Empires: Ahmet Ağaoğlu and the New Turkey by A. Holly Shissler , journal = International Journal of Middle East Studies , publisher = Cambridge University Press , volume = 36 , issue = 4 , pages = 695-697 , jstor = 3880024 {{cite journal , last1 = Karpat , first1 = Kemal H. , author-link = Kemal Karpat , date = June 2004 , title = Reviews of Books , journal = The American Historical Review , volume = 109 , issue = 3 , pages = 1016-1017 , doi = 10.1086/530735 {{cite journal , last1 = Ahmad , first1 = Feroz , author-link = Feroz Ahmad , date = September 2003 , title = Review: Between Two Empires: Ahmet Ağaoğlu and the New Turkey by A. Holly Shissler , journal = Journal of Islamic Studies , volume = 14 , issue = 3 , pages = 392-394 , jstor = 26200287 {{cite journal , last1 = Guida , first1 = Michelangelo , date = 2004 , title = Review: Between Two Empires, Ahmet Ağaoğlu and the New Turkey by A. Holly SHISSLER , journal = Oriente Moderno , publisher = Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino , volume = 23 (84) , issue = 3 , pages = 770-771 , jstor = 25817981 2002 non-fiction books Ağaoğlu family History books about Turkey