Tyranny illustrated

From petition to rebellion in Ottoman Vranje

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6094076
AutoresCengiz Kırlı (Bogaziçi University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen53
Páginas3-36
Fecha de publicación2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Perspectives on Turkey (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0896-6346 • E-ISSN: 1305-3299
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/npt.2015.17
OpenAlexW2485221266
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas15

This article traces the struggle of the people of Vranje to unseat their governor, Hüseyin Pasha, in the 1840s. It situates this struggle within the context of the Tanzimat reforms, one primary objective of which was to use financial and legal means to bring powerful local governors under the control of the central government. The case of Vranje, this article shows, provides a particularly colorful example to observe the disrupting effects of the center’s intervention in the provinces, to investigate the various dynamics and difficulties the center confronted in its attempt to control the periphery, and to understand the ways in which the new political discourse of the Tanzimat shaped local resistance. This article also traces the stages of political mobilization and dissent through the various strategies the people of Vranje employed, from petitioning to armed resistance, in order to fight perceived injustices

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