The Ottoman post-imperial migrations issue
Journal: International Journal of Asian Studies
Year: 2026

Abstract In recent years, there has been a growing body of scholarship that distinguishes post-colonial and post-imperial migrations from other forms of migration. However, because this literature largely excludes non-European cases, it remains predominantly Eurocentric. This review article seeks to demonstrate how these studies can be further enriched by incorporating Ottoman migrations ( muhacir ) as a distinct form of post-imperial migration. To this end, the article evaluates four recently p