“Prints and Impressions from Ottoman Smyrna: the Collection de costumes civils et militaires, scènes populaires, et vues de l’Asie-Mineure Album (1836-38) at Harvard University’s Fine Arts Library”. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Turkey
“Memoria” – Series of the Orient-Institut Istanbul on MENAdoc
Self Testimonies from the Ottoman Empire
The series „Memoria : Fontes minores ad Historiam Imperii Ottomanici pertinentes“ is available in Open Access on our MENAdoc repository.
This series is based on many smaller sources that have not been considered by the scientific community because of their relatively uncommon language or because they are privately owned.
These include diaries, memoirs, letters and other personal documents of the inhabitants of the Ottoman capital Istanbul from the second half of the 19th century to the early years of the Republic of Turkey. Continue reading
“Defending Turkey on Global Stages” – Secondary Publication
The essay “Defending Turkey on Global Stages: The Young Turk Reşit Saffet’s Internationalist Strategy in 1919” by Carolin Liebisch is now freely available in our open access repository MENAdoc.
The text examines the activities of the young Turkish diplomat and nationalist Reşit Saffet during his stay in Switzerland at the beginning of 1919.
The publication on MENAdoc keeps the article permanently accessible via permalink and makes it visible in catalogues worldwide.
Evaluation of a Turkish E-Book Collection
The Specialized Information Service Middle East, North Africa and Islamic Studies provides test access to the Turkish e-book database “Turcademy” in the category “Social and Humanities Sciences”. Continue reading
New in our holdings: Re-edition of the “Hürriyet” newspaper
The complete re-edition of the oppositional Ottoman newspaper Hürriyet (1868-1870) in 2 volumes is now among our library holdings.
The “Hürriyet Gazetesi” was published by the influential Turkish author Namık Kemal (1840–1888) in his London exile. Continue reading
The Third International Conference on Levantines in Istanbul
Title: Developments in the legal status of Foreigners in the Ottoman Empire during the second half of 19th Century
We are happy to accept proposals across a wide chronological, geographic and thematic spectrum as long as the broad focus revolves around the title.
Please find the full call for papers here.
- Call for papers deadline: 15 September 2018
- Contact: lhf-ist@levantineheritage.com
- Decision of selection: 30 September 2018
- Conference languages: English and Turkish (simultaneous cross-translation should be available)
Baran – all issues
We now have all issues of the Turkish journal “Baran” in our library.
Baran exists since 2007. It is an important source for the study of contemporary political Islam in Turkey.