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Book SynopsisThe Great War is still seen as a mostly European war. The Middle Eastern theater is, at best, considered a sideshow written from the western perspective. This book fills an important gap in the literature by giving an insight through annotated translations from five Ottoman memoirs, previously not available in English, of actors who witnessed the last few years of Turkish presence in the Arab lands. It provides the historical background to many of the crises in the Middle East today, such as the Arab–Israeli confrontation, the conflict-ridden emergence of Syria and Lebanon, the struggle over the holy places of Islam in the Hejaz, and the mutual prejudices of Arabs and Turks about each other.
Trade Review"The Ottoman Twilight in the Arab Lands
presents five interesting memoirs of exceptional characters and comes in a perfect time where academia and research has been interested more often in the contemporary of Arab-Turkish relation and history." - Bosphorus Review of BooksTable of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Aspects of the Ottoman Twilight
- Chapter 1. Falih Rıfkı Atay
- Chapter 2. Hüseyin Kazım Kadrí
- Chapter 3. Ali Fuad Erden
- Chapter 4. Münevver Ayaşlı
- Chapter 5. Naci Kaşif Kıcıman
- Conclusion. The Atrak and the Arabs
- Bibliography
