Ova gospodarska godina bila je, a i sad je još naročito sušna. No i suša sama ne bi se tako teško očitovala u prirodima kukuruza, krumpira, graha i ostalog povrtnog bilja, da nije u drugoj polovici ...svibnja pao jaki mraz, koji je neke kulture sasvim uništio, pa ih je trebalo sijati iznova. Neke opet je toliko oslabio i spriječio u normalnom razvitku, da je trebalo nekoliko tjedana, dok su se oporavile.
The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian GenocideTalaat Pasha (1874-1921) led the triumvirate that ruled the late Ottoman ...Empire during World War I and is arguably the father of modern Turkey. He was also the architect of the Armenian Genocide, which would result in the systematic extermination of more than a million people, and which set the stage for a century that would witness atrocities on a scale never imagined. Here is the first biography in English of the revolutionary figure who not only prepared the way for Ataturk and the founding of the republic in 1923, but who shaped the modern world as well.In this explosive book, Hans-Lukas Kieser provides a mesmerizing portrait of a man who maintained power through a potent blend of the new Turkish ethno-nationalism, the political Islam of former Sultan Abdulhamid II, and a readiness to employ radical "solutions" and violence. From Talaat's role in the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 to his exile from Turkey and assassination--a sensation in Weimar Germany-Kieser restores the Ottoman drama to the heart of world events. He shows how Talaat wielded far more power than previously realized, making him the de facto ruler of the empire. He brings wartime Istanbul vividly to life as a thriving diplomatic hub, and reveals how Talaat's cataclysmic actions would reverberate across the twentieth century.In this major work of scholarship, Kieser tells the story of the brilliant and merciless politician who stood at the twilight of empire and the dawn of the age of genocide.
In 1876, a recently dethroned sultan, Abdülaziz, was found dead in his cham- bers, the veins in hisarm slashed. Five years later, a group of Ottoman senior officials stood a criminal trial and ...werefound guilty for complicity in his murder. Among the defendants was the world-famousstatesman former Grand Vizier and reformer Ahmed Midhat Pasa, a political foe of the autocraticsultan Abdülhamit II, who succeeded Abdülaziz and ruled the empire for thirty-three years.The alleged murder of the former sultan and the trial that ensued were political dramas thatcaptivated audiences both domestically and internationally. The high-profile personalitiesinvolved, the international politics at stake, and the intense newspaper coverage all renderedthe trial an historic event, but the question of whether the sultan was murdered or committedsuicide re- mains a mystery that continues to be relevant in Turkey today. Drawing upon a widerange of narrative and archival sources, Rubin explores the famous yet understudied trial and itsrepresentations in contemporary public discourse and subsequent historiography. Through thereconstruction and analysis of various aspects of the trial, Rubin identifies the emergence of anew culture of legalism that sustained the first modern political trial in the history of the Middle East.
