Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire: Microcosms of Modernity

Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire: Microcosms of Modernity
ISBN-10
0748677690
ISBN-13
9780748677696
Category
History
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2014-04-11
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
Kent F. Schull

Description

Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual abuse traditionally associated with Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons, Kent Schull argues that, during the Second Constitutional Period (1908-1918), they played a crucial role in attempts to transform the empire.

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