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Küçük Said Paşa (1840–1941) as a Turkish Modernist1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Ercümend Kuran
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Abstract

For many historians, liberalization and modernization are parallel and complementary concepts. Any trend to liberalization is accepted by them as a pledge to modernization whereas any restrictive measure is seen as an expression of traditionalism. Scholars in Turkey and the West who have studied the history of Turkish modernization with such a pre-conceived approach have praised the Tanzimat (1839–76), the Young Ottoman (1876–78) and the Young Turk (1908–18) periods-as modernist while they have condemned Abdulhamid II's reign traditionalist, even backwardist.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 124 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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