The late Ottoman port-cities and their inhabitants: subjectivity, urbanity, and conflicting orders

Fuhrmann, Malte; Kechriotis, Vangelis

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“…9 For the Ottoman port cities seeKeyder, Özveren, and Quartaert (1994). See alsoFuhrmann and Kechriotis (2009). 10 This pattern largely reflects the experience of other peripheral economies at the time.…”

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The Political Incorporation of Labor in Turkey: Tracing the Origins of a Nationalist Path

Apaydin

Ülker

2020

Nationalities Papers

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This study makes an important contribution to the literature on labor incorporation in developing areas based on existing historiography and archival material from Turkey. Specifically, we argue that the political incorporation of labor during the early period of state building is strongly influenced by elite preferences over who constitutes the nation. In doing so, we address a neglected dimension by putting the emphasis on ethnoreligious politics: the founders of modern Turkey pushed for a homogenizing program that prioritized Muslim-Turks over other minority groups, eventually paving the way to the state-led incorporation of labor. This is different from the experience of most Latin American countries that the existing literature draws on. Our findings make an important contribution to theoretical debates by highlighting the subtle link between nation-building and the pathways of labor incorporation in developing contexts.

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The Political Incorporation of Labor in Turkey: Tracing the Origins of a Nationalist Path

Apaydin

Ülker

2020

Nationalities Papers

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“…In many respects, the narrative about Tripoli was part of the historiographical debate on the port cities of the eastern Mediterranean and the role of the local bourgeoisie, variously interpreted as either the facilitator of European colonialism or the harbinger of Arab nationalism in the 19th century. In fact, late-Ottoman port cities were the arena of conflicting interests and emerging subjectivities that defy rigid classifications and romanticized nostalgia (Fuhrmann and Kechriotis 2009); for this chapter, however, it is safe to assess that Tripoli lost ground to Beirut, in part as a result of the reconfiguration of regional trade networks during the 19th century and in part as the creation of the new vilayet (province) of Beirut in 1888. The rise of the merchant middle class in Beirut consolidated that city's role as the principal entrepôt between the Mediterranean and the Syrian interior (Hanssen 2005, 55-112, 138-62) to the detriment of Tripoli.…”

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Mediterranean in Dis/order

Peri¹,

Meier²

2023

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Mediterranean in Dis/order reveals the connection between space and politics by examining the role that space has played in insurgencies, conflicts, uprisings, and mobilities in the Mediterranean region. With this approach, the authors are able to challenge well-established beliefs about the power structure of the state across different disciplines (including political science, history, sociology, geography, and anthropology), and its impact on the conception, production, and imagination of space in the broader Mediterranean. Further, they contribute to particular areas of studies, such as migration, political Islam, mobilization, and transition to democracy, among others. The book, infusing critical theory, unveils original and revelatory case studies in Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, and the EU Mediterranean policy, through a various set of actors and practices—from refugees and migrations policies, to Islamist or students’ movements, architectural sites, or movies. This multidisciplinary perspective on space and power provides a valuable resource for practitioners interested in how space, context, and time interact to produce institutions, political subjectivities, and asymmetries of power, particularly since the turning point of the Arab uprisings. The book also helps readers understand the conditions under which the uprisings develop, giving a clearer picture about various national, regional, and international dynamics.

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“…The development of Mersin in the latenineteenth and early-twentieth centuries has been the subject of many studies (Selvi Ünlü, 2007Selvi Ünlü and Ünlü, 2009;Toksöz, 2002 andÜnlü, 2012, 2013Ünlü and Selvi Ünlü, 2012). Like a number of coastal settlements in the Eastern Mediterranean, Mersin began to grow rapidly in the late-nineteenth century as international trade burgeoned (Fuhrmann and Kechriotis, 2009;Keyder et al, 1993). According to the records of Annuaire Oriental du Commerce, the city's population grew from 6000 in 1883 to 11 500 in 1894, and to 22 000 in 1913.…”

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Thinking about urban fringe belts: a Mediterranean perspective

Ünlü¹

2022

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Four perspectives on fringe belts are discussed: spatial, economic, social and planning. The characteristics of previous studies are examined in relation to these perspectives. In this light the investigation of the fringe belts, especially the inner fringe belt, of the Mediterranean port city of Mersin reveals the emergence of three distinct functional sections within the inner fringe belt and the merging of the inner and middle fringe belts. Phases and processes of development are examined. The absence of a significant fixation line until the construction of the ring road well into the post-war period has been a major factor influencing the historico-geographical pattern of fringebelt development. The findings are related to those of previous fringe-belt studies.

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The late Ottoman port-cities and their inhabitants: subjectivity, urbanity, and conflicting orders

Cited by 14 publications

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The Political Incorporation of Labor in Turkey: Tracing the Origins of a Nationalist Path

The Political Incorporation of Labor in Turkey: Tracing the Origins of a Nationalist Path

Mediterranean in Dis/order

Thinking about urban fringe belts: a Mediterranean perspective

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