The Awakening of TurkeyJ. Milne, 1909 - 355 páginas |
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... passed since the Mussulman Turks - a Central - Asian people akin to the Mongols - having seized the Asiatic posses- sions of the decaying Byzantine Empire , crossed the Bosphorus and , extending their conquests , established themselves ...
... passed since the Mussulman Turks - a Central - Asian people akin to the Mongols - having seized the Asiatic posses- sions of the decaying Byzantine Empire , crossed the Bosphorus and , extending their conquests , established themselves ...
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... passed through the Turkish military schools in Turkey itself , where they were instructed by European teachers . Officers thus trained , however , were looked upon as somewhat dangerous , and were attached to the Army Corps in various ...
... passed through the Turkish military schools in Turkey itself , where they were instructed by European teachers . Officers thus trained , however , were looked upon as somewhat dangerous , and were attached to the Army Corps in various ...
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... passing wave . But the Palace hated the British Government which had at- tempted to force reforms upon Turkey , and it suspected all Englishmen of sharing the views of the Balkan Committee . On the other hand , German influence became ...
... passing wave . But the Palace hated the British Government which had at- tempted to force reforms upon Turkey , and it suspected all Englishmen of sharing the views of the Balkan Committee . On the other hand , German influence became ...
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... passed it . They were forbidden to visit cer- tain English establishments , such as the English book - shop in Pera , and the quaint old inn in Galata , built long ago by the Genoese , where , with a retired British sea - captain as ...
... passed it . They were forbidden to visit cer- tain English establishments , such as the English book - shop in Pera , and the quaint old inn in Galata , built long ago by the Genoese , where , with a retired British sea - captain as ...
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... passed secretly from one man to another , would be read by hundreds , and young men greedy for in- struction even went to the pains of copying out with their own hands bulky volumes which they had borrowed . Many an Englishman who con ...
... passed secretly from one man to another , would be read by hundreds , and young men greedy for in- struction even went to the pains of copying out with their own hands bulky volumes which they had borrowed . Many an Englishman who con ...
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The Awakening of Turkey: A History of the Turkish Revolution Edward Frederick Knight Visualização completa - 1909 |
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Abd-ul-Aziz Abdul Hamid Ahmed Riza Albanian appointed Armenians Asia barracks battalions Bulgarian Camarilla capital cause Christian command Committee of Union Committee's Constantinople Constitution corrupt crowds dangerous Deputies Despotism district elections electors enemies Enver Bey Europe European exile faithful fanatical fedais foreign friends garrison Government Grand Vizier Greek bands Guard Hilmi Pasha intrigue Jews justice Kiamil Pasha Kurds leaders Liberal Union liberty Macedonia Macedonian troops massacres ment Midhat Pasha military ministers mittee of Union Monastir Moslem mosques movement Mussulman mutineers nation Nazim Nazim Pasha Niazi Bey Ochrida old régime organisation Ottoman Empire Palace Parliament patriotic Turks political population Powers prisoners reactionaries realised recognised reform Resna revolution revolutionary Salonica secret society sent Sheikh-ul-Islam Shemshi soldiers spies Stamboul streets strong Sublime Porte Sultan sympathy things Third Army Corps thousand tion Turkey Turkey's Turkish Union and Progress Vali village vote Yildiz young officers Young Turk party
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Página 50 - Baghdad railway concession with its iniquitous kilometric guarantee, and other privileges, on terms far more onerous for Turkey than could have been obtained from other quarters, thus burdening the country with unfair obligations, which now cripple her efforts for reform and reorganisation. But I must not digress into the tortuous ways of Turkish finance, which is outside the scope of this book. Suffice it to say that German influence at the Palace undoubtedly intensified the Sultan's hatred of England,...
Página 9 - ... move for one as they sprawl across the narrow pavements, for they know that no Turk would have the heart to kick them out of the way. A few years ago an American offered a very large sum for the right to clear Constantinople of its pariah dogs, his object being to sell their skins to the glove makers. The populace raised a howl of indignation when they heard of this, and had not the scheme been abandoned serious riots would have occurred. There is no need for a society for the prevention of cruelty...
Página 5 - A traffic study is of value only for the purpose of helping the road engineer determine the type of road to build and the best method of maintenance. A few words on this subject may not be out of place.
Página 51 - Consulate, and is now one of the leading members of the Committee of Union and Progress in Salonika.
Página 122 - Empire doing their dangerous work, urging the civil population to embarrass the Government by a refusal to pay taxes and to prepare for a general...
Página 122 - ... promise not to fight against their own countrymen when ordered to do so. So as to obtain easy access to houses and barracks, Turkish officers disguised themselves as hawkers of cheap jewelry and ribbons, or as the peripatetic sutlers who sell sherbet and little comforts to the Turkish soldier ; and in their packs were always concealed the revolutionary tracts that were to spread the propaganda. One well-known officer for long kept a barber's shop in Bagdad, and inoculated his customers with the...
Página 276 - Turk organisation would be needed more than ever for the protection of the country, and would have to continue its existence, with the army behind it as heretofore, for a long while to come. The...
Página 130 - ... the revolutionary movement.63 The Committee of Union and Progress therefore held secret meetings in Salonica in May. It was decided that it had become necessary for the Committee to reveal to the European Powers the fact of its real existence and great influence, and also to explain to those Powers that the Committee alone could bring peace to Macedonia, and that for various reasons it would be better that Europe should abandon all these futile schemes of reform and leave Macedonia to, work out...
Página 93 - December 1907 a Congress of the Turkish revolutionaries met in Paris, at which were represented the Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress, the Armenian, Bulgarian, Jewish, Arab, Albanian and other Committees ; and the delegates all agreed to accept the following principles : — The deposition of the Sultan Abdul Hamidr1' The maintenance of the integrity of the Ottoman Empire.