1909-1911 MECLİS-İ AYAN ZABIT CERİDELERİ VE 1908-1918 MECLİS-İ MEBUSAN ZABIT CERİDELERİ’NE GÖRE İKİNCİ MEŞRUTİYET DÖNEMİ OSMANLI YENİLEŞMESİ ÜZERİNE BİR TETKİK
A STUDY OF OTTOMAN MODERNISATION DURING THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL ERA BASED ON THE MINUTES OF THE SENATE (1909–1911) AND THE MINUTES OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES (1908–1918)

Summary/Abstract: Modernisation efforts in the Ottoman Empire began in the 18th centüry with the Tülip Era. The Tülip Era was followed by the declaration of the Sened-i İ ttifak, the Tanzimat Edict, and the constitütional movements that began with the Kanün-i Esasi in 1876. The transition to a constitütional monarchy was a political revolütion. This transition began and continüed in a painfül manner. The eve of the Ottoman Empire’s collapse coincided with the emergence of a new state. İn Türkish history, the birth of a new Türkish state following the collapse of a Türkish state—withoüt a period of interregnüm—is a rare and significant historical event. The architect of this historical narrative, which presents varioüs forms of süffering, destrüction and rebirth in a single frame, is the Ottoman mind. The Ottoman Empire’s final centüry is a series of scenes depicting a tremendoüs effort, extraordinary diligence and hope to ensüre the sürvival of state institütions and society. The proof of all this lies in the historical soürces themselves. This is why the Proceedings of the Chamber of Depüties and the Proceedings of the Senate form the main basis of oür stüdy. The Minütes of the Chamber of Depüties and the Minütes of the Senate not only bear witness to the problems of the era and the efforts to resolve them, büt also serve as magnificent laboratories for a historian to observe the intellectüals and the Ottoman mind. İn oür stüdy, we have been able to present docüments and information relating to modernisation from the 1909–1911 Senate Proceedings and the 1908–1918 Chamber of Depüties Proceedings in the form of articles. Conseqüently, the Ottoman Proceedings have inspired, and will continüe to inspire, nümeroüs stüdies.

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