MUBIT Inter-University Doctoral Cooperation in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Basel/Zurich &

Middle Eastern Studies The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S)

University of Basel

5th Annual MUBIT Doctoral Workshop in Late- and Post-Ottoman Studies in Basel

From Unionism to Kemalism: Social and Political Transformation of Turkey

A Workshop with Prof. Dr. M. Asım Karaömerlioğlu (Boğaziçi University) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kuyaş (Galatasaray University)

October 27-28, 2017

Organized and hosted by

Prof. Dr. Maurus Reinkowski Dr. Selen Etingü

Murat Kaya, M.A.

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FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2017 Location: Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel, Mehrzweckraum 035*

12.30 Registration (University of Basel, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1,

4003 Basel, Mehrzweckraum 035)

13.00 Welcome address by Prof. Maurus Reinkowski

13.15 Round of introductions

13.45 Introduction to day 1 by Prof. Karaömerlioğlu & Prof. Kuyaş

14.15 Coffee break

14.30 Working session I

16.00 Coffee break

16.30 Working session II

18.00 End of day I

19.00 Apéro riche at the Seminar für Nahoststudien

* Maps showing locations can be found at the back of the programme.

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SATURDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2017

Location: Seminar für Nahoststudien, Maiengasse 51, 4056 Basel, Room O105

09.00 Working session III - Introduction to day 2 by Prof. Karaömerlioğlu &

Prof. Kuyaş

10.30 Coffee break

11.00 Working session IV - Final commentary by Prof. Maurus Reinkowski and concluding discussion

12.30 Lunch

I. Social Dynamics during the Unionist Era Friday, Oct 27, 2017 (14:30-16:00):

Zafer Toprak, “The Family, Feminism, and the State during the Young Turk Period,1908-1918,” in Première Rencontre Internationale sur l'Empire Ottoman et la Turquie Moderne, İstanbul Paris, Éditions ISIS, 1991, s. 441-452.

Y. Doğan Çetinkaya, “The Shift from Foreign to “Internal” Enemies, 1910-1911,” in The Young Turks and the Boycott Movement: Nationalism, Protest and the Working Classes in the Formation of Modern Turkey (London: I.B Tauris, 2014), pp. 89-159.

Erik Jan Zürcher, “Who were the Young Turks?” in The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk's Turkey, pp.95-109.

Feroz Ahmad, “War and Society under the Young Turks”, Review, vol. 11, no.2 (1988), pp.265-286.

II. Revolution and Counter-Revolution (1908-1922) Friday, Oct 27, 2017 ( 16:30-18:00):

Victor R. Swenson, “The Military Rising in Istanbul 1909”. Journal of Contemporary History, V, 4(1970): 171-184.

Erik J. Zürcher, “The Ides of April: A Fundemantalist Uprising in Istanbul in 1909?” in Erik J. Zürcher, The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building (London, 2010), pp. 73-83.

Hasan Kayalı, “Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1919”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, XXVII, 3(1995): 265-286.

Albert Lybyer, “The Turkish Parliament”, Proceedings of the American Political Science Association, VII(1910): 65-77.

III. How the Social Affects the Political? Population and Political Mobilization in Kemalist Turkey Saturday, Oct 28, 2017 (9:00-10:30):

Erik Jan Zürcher, “The Ottoman Legacy of the Kemalist Republic,” in The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk's Turkey, pp.136-150.

M. Asım Karaömerlioğlu, “The Rise and Fall of Population Politics in Turkey,” Working paper, pp. 13.

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Murat Metinsoy, “Fragile Hegemony, Flexible Authoritarianism, and Governing from Below: Politician’s Reports in Early Republiğcan Turkey, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4 (November 2011), pp. 699-719.

IV. The Rise and the Waning of Kemalist Jacobinism, 1923-1939 Saturday, Oct 28, 2017 (11:00-12:30) Hans Kohn, “Ten Years of the Turkish Republic”, Foreign Affairs, XII, 1(1933): 141-155. Dr. A. Adnan (Adıvar), “Ten Years of Republic in Turkey”, The Political Quarterly, VI, 2(1935): 240-252.

Directions: How to find our department: Coming with public transport:

• From the SBB train station, take bus no. 30 to the bus stop "Spalentor". At the bus stop cross the road at the traffic lights towards Missionsstrasse (this will be the street ahead of you). Continue walking until you reach the first street on your right, Maiengasse. The building for Middle Eastern Studies (former Oriental Seminar) is located at the end of this street (no.51) on the right.

• From Badischer Bahnhof (Deutsche Bahn) take bus no. 30 until the stop "Bernoullianum". Follow the street for approximately 100m until the first crossing. Take the first street to the right that turns into Mittlere Strasse. The Seminar for Nahoststudien (former Oriental Seminar) (no.51) is the first building on the corner when you take the first turn to the left into Maiengasse.

Information on the network of the Basler Verkehrsbetriebe, Basel and the SBB and the Deutsche Bahn: http://www.bvb-basel.ch http://www.basel.ch http://www.sbb.ch http://www.bahn.de Day 1: University of Basel, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel

Day 2: University of Basel, Seminar für Nahoststudien, Maiengasse 51, 4056 Basel, Room O105

For any enquiries, you can contact: Dr. Selen Etingü University of Basel Middle Eastern Studies Maiengasse 51 4056 Basel T+41 (0)61 207 19 92 M+41 (0)79 901 7008 g.etingue@unibas.ch