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Book SynopsisThe book consists of transcriptions and summary translations of two texts in, mostly, Ottoman Turkish, the first of which is the recently discovered second volume of the diary of the German orientalist Karl Süssheim, covering the years 1903-08 which he mostly spent in Istanbul. The second text is a printed memoir of a Young Turk officer called İsma’il Hakkı, in which the latter discusses his life, political engagement and the resulting problems. Süssheim met İsma’il Hakkı in Cairo in 1908 and kept in contact with him later. The texts offer a lively picture of Istanbul and Cairo in the early years of the 20th century, the repressive regime of Sultan Abdulhamid II and the heady days of the Young Turk revolution of July 1908.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Historical Context About the Authors About the Texts 1 Karl Süssheim, Diary, Volume 2 Istanbul 1902–1906 I Istanbul 1902–1906 II—Travel in Anatolia 1904 Istanbul 1902–1906 III—Back in Istanbul 1904–1906 Interlude: Germany and France (January–July 1906) Istanbul 1902–1906 IV—Second Period in Istanbul 1906 Germany, England, France (January 1907–March 1908) Journey to Istanbul (March 1906) Istanbul (March–April 1908) Journey to Cairo (April–May 1908) Cairo (May–August 1908) 2 İsmail Hakkı Bey, For the Sake of the Fatherland Prologue Autobiography The Main Text Two Digressions 3 Transcription: Karl Süssheim, Diary, Volume 2 4 Transcription: İsmail Hakkı Bey, For the Sake of the Fatherland Bibliography Index of Proper Names
