Liminal Loyalties

Ottomanism and Palestinian Responses to the Turkish War of Independence, 1919-22

Bibliographic Data

ID12015652
AuthorsAwad Halabi (corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume41
Issue3
Pages19-37
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/jps.2012.xli.3.19
OpenAlexW1776238470
LanguageEN
Citations received5

The imposition of British rule in Palestine following World War I did not immediately supplant one imperial system with another or Ottoman identities with national ones. Examining Palestinian responses to the Turkish war of independence, this article argues that the 1917–22 period should be seen as a “liminal” era suspended between imperial systems. Both Kemalists and Palestinians employed a discourse of loyalty to the Ottoman dynasty, Muslim identity, and resistance to European rule to frame their goals. It was only after the creation of the Turkish Republic and the promulgation of the British Mandate, the author argues, that nationalist identities displaced Ottoman ones for both Turks and Palestinians

Ancient history · Archaeology · Independence (probability theory · Liminality · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Turkish · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy

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