Foreigners and Municipal Reform in Istanbul

1855–1865

Bibliographic Data

ID8969737
AuthorsSteven Rosenthal (University of Hartford, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume11
Issue2
Pages227-245
Publication date1980-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743800054404
OpenAlexW2057501546
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

Ever since it had been recognized that the decay of the Ottoman Empire could not be arrested by traditional methods, foreigners and non-Muslims had played a significant part in the Empire's modernization. The Compte de Bonneval and Baron de Tott were only the most famous of a group of foreign advisers who were employed by the Ottoman government to help reform the military establishment during the eighteenth century. During the Tanzimat era, 1839–1876, when the Porte became irrevocably committed to modernization, foreigners and non-Muslims were employed in a multitude of capacities. They ranged from the Prussian Von Moltke who was to advise on the vital problem of reorganizing the army, to Giuseppe Donnizetti, brother of the composer, who was charged with the somewhat less important task of organizing a Western-style military band

Ancient history · Economic history · Empire · Government (linguistics · Modernization theory · Multitude · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Historical Turkish Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Ottoman Empire History and Society · Philosophy

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