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HIST531 THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE LATE OTTOMAN EMPIRE I

Course Code: 2400531
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: History
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. BÝRTEN ÇELÝK
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

A survey of the Late Ottoman Empire through themes: crisis and consolidation of power; key reforms such as the Nizam-ý Cedid and Tanzimat; changing dynamics of state and society relations; tax revolts and sectarian conflicts; integration into the world economic system: ideological and cultural Western influences; Ottomanism; Constitutionalism; the Eastern Question and the 19th-century Ottoman diplomacy.