Constitutionalism as a solution to despotism and imperialism

The Iranian Constitutional Revolution in the Ottoman-Turkish press

Bibliographic Data

ID10280586
AuthorsSerpil Atamaz (0000-0002-6136-0793, Department of History, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume55
Issue4
Pages557-569
Publication date2019-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263206.2019.1566123
OpenAlexW2914354741
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This article contributes to the growing scholarship on the connections between the Ottoman and Iranian revolutions by exploring Ottomans’ reactions to and portrayal of the constitutional struggle in Iran. Based on an examination of primary sources that have not been utilized before, it reveals how an ideologically diverse group of intellectuals tried to link the two revolutions together in the Ottoman-Turkish press, focusing on shared problems and ideals. It demonstrates that undergoing a revolutionary process themselves, these intellectuals interpreted the events in Iran through the prism of their own experiences and used them to garner support for the constitutional regime at home. Through their depictions of the Iranian revolution, they not only portrayed the 1908 Revolution as part of a broader struggle against despotism and imperialism with significant implications for the Islamic world, but also conveyed the message that the Ottoman constitution needed to be supported and protected so that it did not fail like the one in Iran

Ancient history · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Economic history · Political science · Politics · Turkish · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society

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