İlk Mehmetçikler Kimlerdi
Osmanlı Ordusunun Neferleri, 1826-1853
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20355780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veysel Şimşek (0000-0003-0241-1420, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 265-311 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osmanli Arastirmalari - Journal of Ottoman Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0255-0636 • E-ISSN: 0255-0636 |
| Publisher | Osmanli Arastirmalari (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18589/oa.562133 |
| OpenAlex | W2944731459 |
| Language | TR |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1826, the Ottoman central authority, which had destroyed the Janissary Corps and had been facing an array of political and military challenges from both inside and outside for years, decided to create a European-style army manned by long-term conscripts. To meet the mounting manpower needs, the Ottoman state forcibly drafted Muslim peasants and the urban poor for its newly formed regiments. This essay focuses on these men, the rank and file of the Ottoman army in the second quarter of the 19th century, a social group that scholars often disregard as a topic of historical investigation. The article examines the conscripts’ social background, as well as the responses of both the general public and the serving soldiers to military service. The essay will also analyze how religion, ethno-cultural identity, social status, and the actual experience of military service shaped the state’s recruitment policies and the subjects’ attitudes toward conscription in an era before modern sentiments of nationhood took root among the Muslim peoples of the empire
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Military service · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical Turkish Studies · History · Law · Ottoman and Turkish Studies · Ottoman Empire History and Society · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |