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Title The Ottoman twilight in the Arab lands : Turkish testimonies and memories of the Great War / Selim Deringil
Published Brighton, MA, USA : Academic Studies Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource
Series Ottoman and Turkish studies
Turkish and Ottoman studies.
Contents Introduction : aspects of the Ottoman twilight -- Falih Rifki Atay -- Huseyin Kazim Kadri -- Ali Fuad Erden -- Munevver Ayasli -- Naci Kasif Kiciman -- Conclusion: the Atrak and the Arabs
Summary The Great War is still seen as a mostly European war. The Middle Eastern theater is, at best, considered a sideshow written from the western perspective. This book fills an important gap in the literature by giving an insight through annotated translations from five Ottoman memoirs, previously not available in English, of actors who witnessed the last few years of Turkish presence in the Arab lands. It provides the historical background to many of the crises in the Middle East today, such as the Arab-Israeli confrontation, the conflict-ridden emergence of Syria and Lebanon, the struggle over the holy places of Islam in the Hejaz, and the mutual prejudices of Arabs and Turks about each other
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 16, 2019)
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Turkish
World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey
World War, 1914-1918 -- Middle East
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY / Military / World War I
Middle East
Turkey
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Form Electronic book
Author Deringil, Selim, 1951- editor.
LC no. 2019006179
ISBN 9781618119599
1618119591
9781644690901
164469090X