Problems of the Middle East
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9781402188985
Subjects: Eastern question,Central Asia,Asia,railroads,Turkey,politics,government,Angus Hamilton; History / Asia; Political Science / General
First sentence: FROM its earliest phase opposition to the reform movement in Turkey has arisen with the governing classes, who were apprehensive of their privileges, rather than with the Sultans, who realized that if the oppression of the Christian races within the Empire continued it would provide European Powers with a pretext for intervention in the affairs of the Ottoman Dominions that was calculated to promote the dismemberment of the State.