...T. G. Otte T. G. Otte is a lecturer in diplomatic history at the University of East Anglia. Isom-Verhaaren Christine : Allies with the Infidel: The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century . London : I. B. Tauris and Co. , 2011 . 274 pages. ISBN 978-1-848...

... of the Ottoman Greeks: Studies on the State-Sponsored Campaign of Extermination of the Christians of Asia Minor (1912 - 1922) and Its Aftermath; History, Law, Memory . New York : Aristide D. Caratzas , 2012 . 520 pages. ISBN 978-0-892-41615-8 . $75.00 ( hardcover ). Thomopoulos Elaine...

...: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815–1914 . Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press , 2012 . 376 pages . ISBN 978-0-691-15133-5 . $39.50 ( hardcover ). Copyright 2013 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2013 Reviews Stan Draenos: Andreas...

...Nick Danforth Since its demise, the Ottoman Empire has been repeatedly reinvented. This essay traces the diverse and often unexpected ways that Ottoman history has served divergent political agendas over the past century, exploring the empire's progression from religious to secular to pious...

... Provisions of the Ottoman/ Turkish Governments Regarding Minorities and Their Properties Anastasia Lekka In this essay I explore the enactment of legislative measures by the Turkish or Ottoman authorities, which sought to regulate minority affairs...

...Robert J. Pranger Kemal H. Karpat: The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State . New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 533 pages. ISBN 0-19-513618-7.$50.00. Robert J. Pranger is a private consultant specializing...

...Giorgos Georgis Review Angel Nicolaou-­Konnari and Chris Schabel, editors: Lemesos: A History of Limassol in Cyprus from Antiquity to the Ottoman Conquest. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars, 2015. 652 pages. ISBN 978-­1-­4438-­7561-­5...

.... ISBN 978-1-84885-127-6. $95.00 (hardcover). Reviews Biray Kolluoglu and Meltem Toksoz, Editors: Cities of the Mediterranean: From the Ottomans to the Present Day. New York: I. B. Tauris, 2010. 256 pages. ISBN 978-­1-­84885-­127-­6. $95.00 (hardcover). Reviewed...

...Christophoros Psilos Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Christophoros Psilos is a research fellow at the Hellenic Defense Analyses Institute Athens. Albanian Nationalism and Unionist Ottomanization, 1908 to 1912 Christophoros Psilos...

... postimperial (and post-Kemalist) strategic vision, also known as neo-Ottomanism. Despite their philosophical affinity, neo-Eurasianism and neo-Ottomanism contain significant potential for confrontation. Neo-Ottomanism­ versus Neo-Eurasianism?­ Nationalism and Symbolic Geography in Postimperial...

... as neo-Ottomanism, referencing the geographic extent of the Ottoman Empire. Because of its intrinsic pragmatism and the geographical region that is its focus, Strategic Depth has been influenced by Eurasianist thought in Russia. But the Strategic Depth approach differs from Russian Eurasianist ideas...

... reflections on economic strategies. The General Context of the Ottoman Encounter with Modernity The Ottoman case is an encounter with modernity in which the state already existed, with its bureaucracy and social organization. It was a multiethnic 4. Taylor. 5. The concept of nation-state...

... Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815 – 1914. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012. 376 pages. ISBN 978-­0-­691-­15133-­5. $39.50 (hardcover). Reviewed by Perparim Gutaj. The period from 1815 to 1914 was an era of invention and liberalism, characterized...

... , 2009 . 574 pages . ISBN 1-932-45519-1 . $44.95 . Copyright 2012 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2012 Reviews Christine Isom-­Verhaaren: Allies with the Infidel: The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century. London: I. B. Tauris and Co., 2011...

... by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2012 Reviews Christine Isom-­Verhaaren: Allies with the Infidel: The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century. London: I. B. Tauris and Co., 2011. 274 pages. ISBN 978-­1-­848-85728-­5. $75.96. Reviewed by T. G. Otte. Faced...

..., and Community in the Late Ottoman State. New York: Oxford Univer- sity Press, 2001. 533 pages. ISBN 0-19-513618-7. $50.00. Reviewed by Robert J. Pranger. On recent business trips to Saudi Arabia, it has been my pleasure to attend the last prayer...

... displacements or to our understanding of the history of the Turkish-­Armenian conflict. He presents no documentary evidence to prove his assertion that the Ottoman government conducted a premeditated mass extermination of Armenians. In his letter to the editor, Melson makes several inaccurate statements...

...” and acted more like an “Ottoman than a European polity.” Academics should not shy away from constructive criticism of a political system and its leadership. Having read many of the FRUS volumes for the period from 1947 to 1967, I am also critical of the behavior of Greek politicians courting...

...” and acted more like an “Ottoman than a European polity.” Academics should not shy away from constructive criticism of a political system and its leadership. Having read many of the FRUS volumes for the period from 1947 to 1967, I am also critical of the behavior of Greek politicians courting...

... not deserve. In this morass, Miller presents the United States as a benign and benevo- lent actor whose reluctant engagement in Greece aimed to democratize and modernize a country that looked more like a “Balkan society” and acted more like an “Ottoman than a European polity.” Academics should not shy...