Decline of the Ottoman Empire and The Rise of the Turkish Republic

Hakan Özoğlu is Professor of History and Director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State (SUNY Press, 2004) and From Caliphate to Secular State (ABC-Clio/Praeger Publishers, 2011), alongside 5 monographs published in several languages.

• 1. A Brief Look at The US – Ottoman Relations Until The End Of World War; 2. Bristol: An American Naval Officer And Diplomat; 3. The Collapse Of The Ottoman Empire And The Rise Of Turkey In U.S Consular Reports; 4. Bristol And Conflicts Between Turks, Greeks And Armenians In Anatolia; 5. Political And Human Landscapes Of Turkey In Diplomatic Reports; 6. Afterthoughts And Conclusions; Bibliography.

The book is certainly not a biography of Bristol – rather, it is much more than that. It offers a fresh perspective on pivotal events that led to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Turkish Republic, as seen through the writings of an active and perceptive diplomat.