Occupied Istanbul

Urban Politics, Culture and Society, 1918-1923

Yaşar Tolga Cora, Daniel-Joseph Macarthur-Seal, Gizem Tongo (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

340 Seiten

2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-500-9 (ISBN)

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More than a century has passed since the arrival of British, French, and Italian forces in Istanbul in 1918, marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. The almost five-year-long occupation of the city that followed remains largely ignored in history writing in the former occupying powers, and is often marginalised in Anatolia-centric narratives of the Turkish War of Independence. The book brings together many of the scholars working to redress this neglect in recent years. Chapters cover issues as diverse as policing, commerce, fashion, labour, infrastructure, justice, and housing, revealing the impact of the occupation on all aspects of social, cultural, and political life. By bringing this tumultuous period back into focus, the book makes a significant contribution to First World War studies, research on European imperialism, and the modern history of Istanbul, Turkey, and the Middle East.

Yaşar Tolga Cora is Associate Professor at Bogazici University, Istanbul. He has published on the social and cultural history of the Armenian communities in the late Ottoman Empire. His works appeared in journals including Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient and International Review of Social History. His current research is on the Armenians’ role in the commodification of Ottoman textiles and their transformation into identity markers in the late nineteenth century.

List of Illustrations

Introduction: The History and Historiography of Occupied Istanbul

Yaşar Tolga Cora, Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal and Gizem Tongo

Chapter 1. The French Reorganization of the Ottoman Gendarmerie during the Allied Occupation of Istanbul

Claire Le Bras

Chapter 2. The Greek Philological Syllogos of Constantinople during the Allied Occupation: The Beginning of the End

George Vassiadis

Chapter 3. The People of Occupied Istanbul Welcome Refet Pasha: Popular Demonstrations and ‘Emotional Communities’

Pınar Şenışık

Chapter 4. Coal Anxiety and Public Utilities in Occupied Istanbul

Nurçin İleri

Chapter 5. Urbanism under Occupation: The Visionary and the Homeless in Istanbul (1918-1923)

Ümit Fırat Açıkgöz

Chapter 6. Evacuees from Russia in Occupied Istanbul and the Foundation of Modern Refugee Regime

Timur Saitov

Chapter 7. Organizing Intellectuals and Workers in Occupied Istanbul: The Communist Group of Istanbul

Neslişah L. Başaran Lotz

Chapter 8. The Sultanahmet Rallies in Films: Revisiting Resistance in Occupied Istanbul (1919)

Özde Çeliktemel

Chapter 9. Women and Fashion in Occupied Istanbul: Ottoman Women’s Agency in the Modernization of Gender Roles and Fashion

Elif Mahir Metinsoy

Chapter 10. Military at the Mill: Workforce Transformation and Changing Artistic Production at Hereke Factory

Didem Yavuz Velipaşaoğlu

Chapter 11. Twice Homeless: Occupied Istanbul through Haralambos Pandazoglou’s Correspondence

Stefo Benlisoy

Chapter 12. Forgetting the ‘Martyrs of 16 March’ 1920: The Şehzadebaşı Raid in Turkish Collective Memory, 1924–1961

Ellinor Morack

Chapter 13. Affective Archives of Atrocity: Allied Occupied Istanbul and the Ottoman War Crimes Tribunals

Erdağ Göknar

Chapter 14. Occupied Istanbul: A New Form of Military Domination

Odile Moreau

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2026
Reihe/Serie	New Directions in Turkish Studies
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 17 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-83695-500-6 / 1836955006
ISBN-13	978-1-83695-500-9 / 9781836955009
Zustand	Neuware