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[HIS418 ] History of Turkic Nations II
Instruction Language
English
Course Description
This course covers the eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century and examines major transformations in Turkic societies under imperial pressure, reform movements and modern state building. Students study the Afshar and Qajar traditions of statehood, decline and modernization efforts in the Ottoman Empire, including reforms and constitutional initiatives and the abolition of the Janissary corps. The course analyzes Tsarist colonial policy in the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Volga region and the resistance of Turkic Muslim peoples, as well as the enlightenment movement and Jadidism as a national revival. Students examine the twentieth-century collapse of the Ottoman state, the impact of the First World War, the Treaty of Sèvres and the Armistice of Mudros and national resistance and state-building efforts, including the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Turkestan Autonomy and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. The course also studies Soviet era repression, deportations, restrictions on cultural heritage and political control, including participation in the Second World War and the postwar period, concluding with independence era transformation, identity restoration and integration initiatives among Turkic states, including the Turkic Council and TURKSOY.
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