Turkey: Between Westernized Natio
Construction and Orientalized Imper
Projects
,How is Turkish Modernity a product of Bosporus Strait is a continen
Western national-construction and Ottoman between the East and the We
Imperial model? Europe. It divides Istanbul, th
Ottoman Empire. The literal
between Europe and Asia tha
metaphorical bridge between
West cultures — multicultura
Istanbul - Modern day Istanb
undeniable representation of
Ottoman legacy. Modern Tu
of religions, political beliefs,
identities
“Istanbul… Th
beating of the wave
against the rock of t
, Selim III Sultan Selim Mahmud II Greek War for First newspaper Egyptian-
reign III dethroned. reign Independence in Turkish Ottoman Wa
1789 1807 1808 1821-32 1831 1831-33
Young Turks Constantinople Conference – An
established end of Tanzimat Default Crimean War Tanzimat Era
1889 1876 1875 1853 1839
2nd Constitutional WWI – Central Turkish War for Abolition of
Era (YT) 1st Balkan War Powers Independence Ottoman Dynaty
1908 1912 1914 1919 1922
The peak of Ottoman rule
under Süleyman the
Magnificent in the 16th
century Sick man
Ottoman Empire struggles to main
bureaucracy and decentralized political struc
state left it unable to withstand defeat in W
most of its territories were divided as spoil
Construction and Orientalized Imper
Projects
,How is Turkish Modernity a product of Bosporus Strait is a continen
Western national-construction and Ottoman between the East and the We
Imperial model? Europe. It divides Istanbul, th
Ottoman Empire. The literal
between Europe and Asia tha
metaphorical bridge between
West cultures — multicultura
Istanbul - Modern day Istanb
undeniable representation of
Ottoman legacy. Modern Tu
of religions, political beliefs,
identities
“Istanbul… Th
beating of the wave
against the rock of t
, Selim III Sultan Selim Mahmud II Greek War for First newspaper Egyptian-
reign III dethroned. reign Independence in Turkish Ottoman Wa
1789 1807 1808 1821-32 1831 1831-33
Young Turks Constantinople Conference – An
established end of Tanzimat Default Crimean War Tanzimat Era
1889 1876 1875 1853 1839
2nd Constitutional WWI – Central Turkish War for Abolition of
Era (YT) 1st Balkan War Powers Independence Ottoman Dynaty
1908 1912 1914 1919 1922
The peak of Ottoman rule
under Süleyman the
Magnificent in the 16th
century Sick man
Ottoman Empire struggles to main
bureaucracy and decentralized political struc
state left it unable to withstand defeat in W
most of its territories were divided as spoil
