M. Sükrü Hanioglu
Encyclopedia
M. Şükrü Hanioğlu is a Turkish professor of late Ottoman
history
in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University
. From July 2005 he is the department chair.
He received his B.A.
in Political Science
and Economics
and his Ph.D.
in Political Science
from Istanbul University
. His thesis was on the political activities and thought of one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress
(CUP), Dr. Abdullah Cevdet
.
He has done extensive research on the history of the CUP during the period from 1889 to 1908, i.e. from its foundation to the Young Turk Revolution
using organization's own papers (since it was an underground organization), archival sources including those found in the Turkish
, German
, Austria
n, French
, Swiss
, Italian
, Greek
, and British
archives. He was also the first foreign scholar to visit the national archives of Albania
, during the period when hardly anyone could visit the country.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
history
History
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in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University
Princeton University
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. From July 2005 he is the department chair.
He received his B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
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in Political Science
Political science
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and Economics
Economics
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and his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in Political Science
Political science
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from Istanbul University
Istanbul University
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. His thesis was on the political activities and thought of one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress
Committee of Union and Progress
The Committee of Union and Progress began as a secret society established as the "Committee of Ottoman Union" in 1889 by the medical students İbrahim Temo, Abdullah Cevdet, İshak Sükuti and Ali Hüseyinzade...
(CUP), Dr. Abdullah Cevdet
Abdullah Cevdet
Abdullah Cevdet ) was an Ottoman intellectual and a medical doctor by profession of Kurdish descent...
.
He has done extensive research on the history of the CUP during the period from 1889 to 1908, i.e. from its foundation to the Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution
The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 reversed the suspension of the Ottoman parliament by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, marking the onset of the Second Constitutional Era...
using organization's own papers (since it was an underground organization), archival sources including those found in the Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, German
Germany
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, Austria
Austria
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n, French
France
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, Swiss
Switzerland
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, Italian
Italy
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, Greek
Greece
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, and British
Great Britain
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archives. He was also the first foreign scholar to visit the national archives of Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, during the period when hardly anyone could visit the country.
Representative publications
- Bir siyasal düşünür olarak Doktor Abdullah Cevdet ve Dönemi, Istanbul, 1981
- Bir siyasal örgüt olarak Osmanlı Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti ve Jon Türklük, Istanbul, 1986
- Young Turks in Opposition, Oxford University Press, 1995
- "Transformation of the Ottoman intelligentsia and the idea of science," Anuarul Institutului de Istorie si Arheologie A.D., Xenopol, 1987
- "Notes on the Young Turks and the Freemasons," Middle Eastern Studies, 25 (1989)
- "Der Jungtürkenkongress von Paris (1902) und seine Ergebnisse," Die Welt des Islams 33 (1993)
- "Transformation of the Ottoman intelligentsia and the idea of science," Anuarul Institutului de Istorie si Arheologie A.D., Xenopol, 1987