From ‘brothers in religion’ to ‘bandits’: Chechens in Mardin in the late Ottoman period
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2022
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Özet
During the nineteenth century, the Ottoman state experienced considerable difficulties in maintaining
complete control of both its governance and its territories. The state therefore focused
on modernising its military capabilities, as well as establishing its bureaucracy and state structure
as an attempt to shore up these weaknesses. From the time of Selim III (1779–1807), the state
sought to focus on improving its military capacity in order to withstand the might of hostile
European powers. The Ottoman elites were also aware that the Ottoman state could not survive
with the existing structure, and thus considered reform vital to maintaining the empire. In
addition to the threat from external military conflicts the Ottoman state was also vulnerable
because of the spread of nationalist ideas, coupled with deficits in its economy and an incompetent
bureaucracy. The Russian conquest of the North Caucasus during the middle of the
nineteenth century also resulted in major problems for the state, in particular the mass movement
of refugees to Ottoman lands.
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Middle Eastern Studies
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58
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4
Künye
Caner Yelbaşı & Ekrem Akman (2022) From ‘brothers in religion’ to ‘bandits’:
Chechens in Mardin in the late Ottoman period, Middle Eastern Studies, 58:4, 504-519, DOI:
10.1080/00263206.2021.1998003
