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Internationalism and the New TurkeyBackground: Robert College and Late Ottoman Society

Internationalism and the New Turkey: Background: Robert College and Late Ottoman Society [This chapter is intended for the general reader wishing to understand the historical background and broader setting in which the American colleges of Istanbul, Robert College and its sister school The Constantinople Woman’s College, came into existence. It describes the earlier history of American religious and educational mission to the so-called Bible lands in the Near East, set against the backdrop of the larger developments that transformed and ultimately destroyed the Ottoman Empire. It briefly narrates the story of ex-missionary Cyrus Hamlin’s efforts to build a non-denominational college on Protestant principles, named Robert College after his sponsor, open to all the communities inhabiting the Empire. Finally, the chapter addresses the history of ethno-religious violence accompanying each attempt at constitutional reform and political equality that ended in the Great War, the Armenian genocide, Ottoman defeat, and the Allied occupation that set the stage for the Kemalist modernization of Turkey.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Internationalism and the New TurkeyBackground: Robert College and Late Ottoman Society

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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978-3-031-00931-0
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23 –56
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10.1007/978-3-031-00932-7_2
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[This chapter is intended for the general reader wishing to understand the historical background and broader setting in which the American colleges of Istanbul, Robert College and its sister school The Constantinople Woman’s College, came into existence. It describes the earlier history of American religious and educational mission to the so-called Bible lands in the Near East, set against the backdrop of the larger developments that transformed and ultimately destroyed the Ottoman Empire. It briefly narrates the story of ex-missionary Cyrus Hamlin’s efforts to build a non-denominational college on Protestant principles, named Robert College after his sponsor, open to all the communities inhabiting the Empire. Finally, the chapter addresses the history of ethno-religious violence accompanying each attempt at constitutional reform and political equality that ended in the Great War, the Armenian genocide, Ottoman defeat, and the Allied occupation that set the stage for the Kemalist modernization of Turkey.]

Published: Jul 7, 2022

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