Ottoman Passports

Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-8156-3818-6
Verlag: Syracuse University Press

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East

In Ottoman Passports, Ilkay Yilmaz reconsiders the history of two political issues, the Armenian and Macedonian questions, approaching both through the lens of mobility restrictions during the late Ottoman Empire. Yilmaz investigates how Ottoman security perceptions and travel regulations were directly linked to transnational security regimes battling against anarchism. The Hamidian government targeted "internal threats" to the regime with security policies that created new categories of suspects benefiting from the concepts of vagrant, conspirator, and anarchist. Yilmaz explores how mobility restrictions and the use of passports became critical to targeting groups including Armenians, Bulgarians, seasonal and foreign workers, and revolutionaries. Taking up these new policies on surveillance, mobility, and control offers a timely look at the origins of contemporary immigration debates and the historical development of terrorism and counterterrorism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Ilkay Yilmaz is currently an Einstein Senior Researcher at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institute, Free University of Berlin. She earned her PhD in the Institute of Social Sciences/Faculty of Political Sciences from Istanbul University.