Can you place the Ottoman Empire in the context of wider revolutionary upheavals going on at the time in Europe and elsewhere? The period explored in the book was a time of great changes in Europe, with the French Revolution and whatnot. Yaycıoğlu spoke to the Hürriyet Daily News about his book (reviewed here), the long-term effects of the upheavals it considers, and what it can tell us about contemporary Turkey’s turbulent political landscape.
A new book, “Partners of the Empire: The Crisis of the Ottoman Order in the Age of Revolutions” by Stanford University historian Ali Yaycıoğlu, examines this crucial era of reform and revolution in the empire. As in elsewhere in Europe, social, technological and economic changes led to demands for reform that found resistance from established interests. INTERVIEW: Ali Yaycıoğlu on the Ottoman Empire in the ‘age of revolutions’ William Armstrong - late 18th and early 19th century was a time of extraordinary upheaval in the Ottoman Empire.
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