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The Rise of Public Opinion in the Ottoman Empire (1839–1909)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Bedri Gencer
Bedri Gencer*
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Kocaeli University, Department of International Relations. E-mail addresses: bgencer@kou.edu.tr and bedri_gencer@mynet.com
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The political crisis of modernity has given rise to a number of studies in the area of political history that are disproportionately concerned with civil society. This consequently has spawned the development of broad theoretical frameworks concerning civil society and the public sphere. One of the lesser-treated subjects within this context has been public opinion. Developed primarily by post-Enlightenment liberal political theory, the notions of civil society and the public sphere had been presented as major alternatives to the domain of the power politics of the Machiavellian tradition. In order to place public opinion on a sound theoretical basis, there arose the need to promote historical empirical studies of it across national contexts over time. . One of the most significant tasks confronting comparative historical sociologists today is uncovering the origin of public opinion, which this paper undertakes to do within an Ottoman context.

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 30 , Spring 2004 , pp. 115 - 154
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I am indebted to Professors Şerif Mardin and Virgina Aksan for their encouraging appraisals and assistance of all sorts during the preparation of this article.

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