Download or read book Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey written by Kemal H. Karpat and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first time the continuity of Ottoman culture in contemporary Turkey is discussed by a group of well-known scholars of Ottoman-Turkish history and society. This is done through a series of research essays on Ottoman culture, its organizations, its modes of thought, and its identities (and their changes). Also, they point out the confused view of republican Turks towards their Ottoman past. The book should prove indispensable to any scholar or library specializing in Turkish, Ottoman, Islamic and Middle East studies.