Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Doktora
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Modern Türkiye Çalışmaları Anabilim Dalı (Disiplinlerarası), Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2020
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: FİKRİYE KARAMAN
Danışman: Abdulhamit Kirmizi
Özet:
Adopting the conception of imperial biography as a methodological framework, this biographical research focuses on the bureaucratic career of Ottoman statesman Mehmed Memduh Pasha (1839-1925). Modernizing imperial and professional structures of the nineteenth century determined careers, experiences, and visions of imperial elites. In the meantime, performing within the imperial framework, elites as agents initiated change in the empires according to their concerns, perceptions, and expectations. This research takes both the Ottoman Empire and Memduh Pasha as units of analysis, reconstructs the imperial context and weaves his professional life into this context portraying him as an active agent operating within the fluid imperial structure. Memduh Pasha's biography is significant for two main reasons. His bureaucratic career developed against the backdrop of the contest between the palace and the Sublime Porte, which marked most of the late nineteenth century Ottoman politics. Since he sought to strengthen the power of the palace, his rise in the bureaucracy coincided with the ascendancy of Sultan Abdülhamid II who consolidated imperial power at the Yıldız Palace. Thus, Memduh's Pasha's career trajectory offers a profound insight into the political structure and the power relations of the late Ottoman Empire. The second reason stems from the assumption that the broad range of actors partook in the creation and preservation of Abdülhamid's palace-centered regime. Memduh Pasha was one of the multiple agents who were motivated and shaped in certain ways by the Hamidian political structure. Concurrently, he invested in and with his actions and aspirations got involved in producing, implementing, and maintaining the same structure. Thus, Memduh Pasha's biography contributes to the understanding of the Hamidian political system and the delineation of a complex and analytical picture of the period. This study explores all aspects of Memduh Pasha's career, tracing his postings and experiences with a concern for disclosing the imperial configuration. It also concentrates on the moments when contingency and chance interrupted not only his life course but also that of the empire, propelling them both in unexpected directions