Bogomolov I. K.
A Review of C. Oguz’s Moral Crisis in the Ottoman Empire: Society, Politics, and Gender during World War I (London, I. B. Tauris Publ., 2021, 248 p.) P. 177-
UDC 94(560)(049.32)
DOI 10.37724/RSU.2021.75.2.017
Abstract. The review analyzes Cigdem Oguz’s monograph about the moral crisis in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The article states that the author of the monograph did not intend to present
a comprehensive and detailed research of the situation in Turkey during the aforementioned period. The book
focuses on whether people of the Ottoman Empire could see their moral corruption and how they could deal with it. The monograph only analyzes the late Ottoman society, it doesn’t analyze Arab sources and only investigates Turkish community as the core stratum of the Ottoman Empire. Despite this the author manages
to present an interesting and informative research.
Keywords: Ottoman Empire, World War I, Abdul Hamid II, Tanzimat.
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