| | Introduction : periodization, theory and methodology | | 1 |
Pt. I | | Western influences and early attempts at modernization | | |
1 | | The Ottoman empire at the end of the eighteenth century | | 9 |
2 | | Between tradition and innovation : Sultan Selim III and the new order, 1789-1807 | | 21 |
3 | | The early years of Sultan Mahmut II : the centre tries to regain control | | 30 |
4 | | The later years of Sultan Mahmut II : the start of the reforms | | 36 |
5 | | The era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71 | | 50 |
6 | | The crisis of 1873-78 and its aftermath | | 71 |
7 | | Reactionary despotism or culmination of the reforms? : the reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II | | 76 |
Pt. II | | The young Turk era in Turkish history (1908-50) | | |
8 | | The second constitutional period, 1912-18 | | 93 |
9 | | The struggle for independence | | 133 |
10 | | The emergence of the one-party state, 1923-27 | | 166 |
11 | | The kemalist one-party state, 1925-45 | | 176 |
12 | | The transition to democracy, 1945-50 | | 206 |
Pt. III | | A troubled democracy | | |
13 | | The rule of the Democratic party, 1950-60 | | 221 |
14 | | The second Turkish Republic, 1960-80 | | 241 |
15 | | The third republic : Turkey since 1980 | | 278 |
| | Map : The Ottoman Balkans by Russell Townsend | | 356 |
| | Map : Anatolia by Russell Townsend | | 357 |
| | Map : The Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire by Russell Townsend | | 358 |
| | Biographical notes : some important figures in Ottoman and Turkish history | | 381 |