Volume 5 (2024), Edition 1

This study aims to explore the transformation of Hawran following its incorporation into the Damascus province as a sanjak in 1864 within the context of Ottoman frontier expansion. The integration of Hawran into the heart of the Ottoman...

On May 12, 1912, the Varyete Tiyatrosu in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district hosted a seminal event in the annals of Ottoman theatre: the first official jubilee honoring the Armenian actor and director Mardiros Mnagian for his half-century of...

The journal Türk Amacı, published in Istanbul between 1942 and 1943, was – according to its subtitle – intended as a ‘propagator of Turkic cultural unity.’ As such, it is an outstanding example of the discourse of the time and...

The article describes the political viewpoints and the relations with the conservative Turkish political parties of the Menzil community. This religious group is one of the most important Sufi brotherhoods in modern-day Turkey and is renowned for...