Governing the Armenian Question through Passports in the Late Ottoman Empire (1876-1908)

Bibliographic Data

ID4301346
AuthorsIikay Yılmaz (corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume32
Issue4
Pages388-403
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/johs.12249
OpenAlexW2991164065
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The literature on the history of passports has been generally discussed in the context of freedom of movement around the globe during the 19th century. However, with its administrative regulations and practices, the Ottoman Empire offered a different view of passports and mobility controls. Through perceiving new threats from the political issues of the late 19th century and directing its attention mainly at the Armenian and Macedonian Questions, one of the critical issues facing the Ottoman government during the Hamidian Era (1876-1908) was controlling the geographic mobility of the individuals who were perceived as a threat based on Ottoman security policies. This paper brings a particular case of this history into focus: the administrative control of the mobility of Armenians. Despite the fact that extensive research has been done on the Armenian Question, so far, little has been written on the policies restricting their mobility. This paper aims to explore the passport regulations and practices to shed light onto the relationship between state formation, Ottoman threat perceptions and the marginalisation of the Armenian community. I offer a new look at the securitisation of the Armenian Question

Ancient history · Archaeology · Armenian · Context (archaeology · Globe · Government (linguistics · Macedonian · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Turkey's Politics and Society

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