Modern Turkish historiography has long claimed that Turkish women were fortunate, because they were granted equal rights by their benevolent leader Ataturk, without even having to ask or fight for them. This dissertation disproves that argument by demonstrating that Turkish women had been vigorously fighting for their rights well before the establishment of the Republic. While it is true that Turkish women had to wait until the 1930s to secure full legal rights, they had demanded gender equality since the Ottoman Revolution of 1908, followed by years of war, which together exerted a tremendous social and cultural impact on all strata of society, above all women. As such, this study addresses three main questions: How did the revolution transform women's social position as well as gender relations in Ottoman society? What role did the `woman question' and gender issues play in the formation of revolutionary politics and discourse in the late Ottoman Empire? Finally, how did Ottoman women participate in shaping, transforming, enforcing, and/or challenging the objectives of the revolution?I argue that the 1908 Revolution triggered significant changes in the Ottoman public discourse, political agendas, and the organization of daily life concerning gender equality and that Turkish women, taking advantage of the new venues and opportunities provided by the revolution in effective and innovative ways, played a vital role in creating and implementing this change. Studying the ideas and actions of a large number of upper and middle class Turkish women as well as the government's attitude towards women between 1908 and 1918, I demonstrate that women in the late Ottoman society were far from being passive, powerless, and silent, as the nationalist historiography has claimed they were. I reveal that, on the contrary, these women were active participants in the revolutionary process, in the struggle for equal rights, and consequently in the construction of a new political regime, a new social order, and their own roles in this new context.

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In an attempt to present some unpublished historical sources of Ottoman Egypt in the seventeenth century) the discussion has been arranged in two major parts. The first part gives some historical background as well as introducing the manuscripts that are to be examined. The introduction discusses various aspects related to Ottoman Egypt such as the historical background before the seventeenth century) the work of some Arabic and Turkish chroniclers on the subject and a historical overview of the period covered by the two anonymous chronicles) entitled Zubda ikhtisar tarikh Misr al-Mahrusa and the Paris Fragment. The first chapter concentrates on a description of the manuscripts. It includes the general condition and contents of the manuscripts. Although the manuscripts do not present a comprehensive picture of events in seventeenth century Egypt) they are valuable) especially in view of the dearth of other contemporary documents. The second chapter summarises the information contained in the two manuscripts. The second part of the thesis consists of the critical edition of the two manuscripts. Some notes are provided at the bottom of the text to demonstrate some linguistic characteristics of the Arabic usage of that particular period.

Doktora tezi--Brandeis university, 1970. / Contient aussi le fac-sim. de : "Azkayin Sahmanatrutyun Hayots = Nizamname-i millet-i Ermeniyan. - Istanbul : Patrikhane, 1863" en arménien.

Th. 3e cycle--Hist. sociale--Paris--E.P.M.E, 1975. / Le titre original : "Institution du vaqf au XVIIIe siècle en Turquie : étude socio-historique" Bibliogr. p. 395-437.

Texte remanié de: Thèse de doctorat--Histoire--Paris--EHESS, 2004. / Bibliogr. p. 535-587. Notes bibliogr. Index.

Yüksek lisans tezi--Yakınçağ tarihi--Istanbul--Marmara üniversitesi, 2003. Titre de soutenance : Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde maliye komisyonları ve faaliyetleri (1876-1909). / Bibliogr. p. 135-139.

Reproduction de : Thèse : Droit : Lyon : 1927. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. p. 143-144.

By the end of the First World War the Ottoman Empire had been defeated and was in a state of disintegration. The Mudros Armistice which ended the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies in October 1918 was the final stage of this process; the Treaty of Sevres which followed the Armistice confirmed it. However, the National Independence Movement which emerged in Anatolia from the ruins of the Empire rejected the proposed peace terms and set itself up as an alternative government based at Ankara. It drew up the National Pact which set out the desiderata of the Nationalists, and it won a decisive victory over the Greeks who landed in Anatolia in 1919. This military victory made a peace conference imperative and enabled the Turks to negotiate peace terms with the Allies on an equal footing. The peace treaty which was signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923 finalised the Turkish Peace Settlement, putting an end to the centuries-old Eastern Question. The object of this dissertation is to examine the motives and strategies of Britain and Turkey at the Lausanne Conference in their efforts to obtain the peace terms best suited to their interests. The focus throughout is on the factors influencing the attitude of the delegations, the instructions they received from their respective foreign ministries and the formulation of their strategies. The thesis consists of six chapters. The introductory chapter presents a brief account of events prior to the Conference. Chapter II deals with the historical background by giving a summary of the political and military events leading up to the Conference. Chapter III gives an account of the strategies of Britain and Turkey and aims to assess the respective strength and weakness of the two parties prior to the Conference. Chapter IV examines the negotiations between Britain and Turkey during the first phase of the Conference. The central axis of this examination is the Turco- British strategy which shows the critical shift in the policy of the Turks following their realisation that peace could not be made unless they came to terms with Britain. Chapter V investigates the events following the breakdown of the Conference to the re-opening with the second phase. It covers the measures taken by both sides to be in a stronger position vis-a-vis each other in preparation for the second phase of the negotiations. Chapter VI discusses the negotiations and the final settlement, concentrating mainly on the strategies of both sides in the second phase of the Conference.