What is it about?
This article studies the Tanzimat, a set of centralizing reforms implemented in the middle of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire, from the perspective of the Balkan provinces, and, especially, of the ordinary people.
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Why is it important?
This article utilizes a so-far neglected Ottoman archival source, the istintaknames (interrogation protocols), and provides therefore unprecedented insight into the mindset of Christian local teachers and merchants and their interaction with the state during the Tanzimat.
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By evaluating the historical source of istintaknames (interrogation protocols), this article renders Ottoman social history of the 19th century tangible and vivid, and, at the same time, much more complex than linear narratives based on nationalistic viewpoints have done so far.
MA Anna Vakali
Austrian Academy of Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Nationalism, Justice and Taxation in an Ottoman Urban Context during the Tanzimat: The Gazino-Club in Manastır, Turkish Historical Review, October 2016, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18775462-00702004.
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