Young Turk memoirs as a historical source: Kazim Karabekir's<i>Istiklal Harbimiz</i>

Zürcher, Erik

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The Persistence Of the Young Turks1

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“…74 Karabekir may have been a member of the opposition against Mustafa Kemal in the early Republican years and the author of one of the first counter-narratives of the War of Independence, but when it came to Enver, he also contributed to the official historiographical consensus of the Kemalist Republic. 75 Foreign and hidden hands, including those behind Enver and his CUP gang, were perceived as working against 'Turkish' national sovereignty over Anatolia.…”

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Elusive forces in illusive eyes: British officialdom's perception of the Anatolian resistance movement

Yenen

2018

Middle Eastern Studies

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In the aftermath of the First World War, British officials had difficulty understanding the elusive forces behind the Anatolian resistance movement. They anxiously assumed that Kemalists were being controlled by the Unionist leaders in exile and that they were part of an international conspiracy. In this confusion, the fugitive Unionist leaders received disproportionate attention and credit in British intelligence reports, with critical consequences for their political sense-making and decision-making. I argue that the preconception of 'Young Turks' in general as well as assumptions about Unionist leaders' alleged and actual activities after 1918 were crucial for British officialdom's policies towards the Anatolian resistance movement.

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Section: The Persistence Of the Young Turksmentioning

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Elusive forces in illusive eyes: British officialdom's perception of the Anatolian resistance movement

Yenen

2018

Middle Eastern Studies

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Young Turk memoirs as a historical source: Kazim Karabekir'sIstiklal Harbimiz

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Elusive forces in illusive eyes: British officialdom's perception of the Anatolian resistance movement

Elusive forces in illusive eyes: British officialdom's perception of the Anatolian resistance movement

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