The Ottoman East in the Nineteenth Century

Societies, Identities and Politics

The Ottoman East – what is also called 'Western Armenia', 'Northern Kurdistan' or 'Eastern Anatolia' – compared to other peripheries of the Ottoman Empire, has received very little attention in Ottoman historiography. So-called taboo subjects such as the fate of Ottoman Armenians and the 'Kurdish Question' during the latter years of the Ottoman Empire have contributed to this dearth of analysis. By integrating the Armenian and Kurdish elements into the study of the Ottoman Empire, this book seeks to emphasise the interaction of different ethno-religious groups.