The Clean-Fighting Turk Yesterday, to-Day and to-Morrow (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Johnston, Harry Hamilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332432190 ISBN 13: 9781332432196

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book presents readers with an in-depth look at Turkish rule as it has been applied over the course of history, beginning with the mid-13th century. It traces the development of the Ottoman Empire alongside the evolution of Turkish culture, customs, and religious beliefs. The author draws upon first-hand accounts written by foreign observers to give readers insight into the daily life, habits, and practices of the Ottoman people. The author's analysis of the centuries-long reign of the Ottoman Empire highlights an often-overlooked fact: Despite the empire's outward displays of strength and grandeur, it possessed significant internal weaknesses. These internal troubles contributed to the empire's gradual decline, a process that is examined here in detail. The insights offered by the author will be of interest to modern readers seeking to understand the Ottoman Empire's historical significance as well as the complexities of governance throughout the region and the world today.

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There is but one mode of rescuing from destruction those literary treasures of antiquity, and that is, by money; a Turk will do anything for money, and the Grand Signior is the most needy of the Turks. It was generally thought that no Frank could view the interior of Saint Sophia without a firman, until Dr. Clarke discovered that it might be seen at any time for six piastres; and Grelot (thanks to his liberal bribes) was allowed to measure the sacred edifice, and to finish accurate drawings of its internal decorations. There is an additional circumstance respect ing the libraries of Constantinople, to which we would call the attention of our readers; only three of all those collee tions existed prior to the last century, the rest having been formed within that period by the Sultans or grandees who imitated their zeal; the literature and language of the Turks, nevertheless, seem to have derived no benefit from those aids, but to have gone on gradually declining. The importance of this observation will be manifest, when we come to consider the various attempts which have been made to reanimate the nation, and the uniform failure of them.

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T he immigration of the Teutonic tribes between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries gave the necessary new vigour to the rather decadent lands of the Kelts and the Latins; but the indigenous peoples of Romania were sufficiently numerous, well organised and near of kin with the Goth, the Scandinavian, the Frank, and the Swab'ian to. React against Germania. There was scarcely even a transient check to human progress.

But wherever the Turk imposed his rule the results have been disastrous. They are apparent to the eye in Nearer Asia, in Greece, in Thrace, in Macedonia, and North Africa. There will be no cure for these stricken regions until the Turkish name as that of a ruling cast-e has been erased from mundane statistics. Then we shall find that be they Christians or be they Muslims there is much abiding virtue in, much happy promise before the diverse peoples of the former Turkish Empire. But we shall need to know them as Kurd and Armenian, Syrians and Arabs, Jews and Greeks, Arabs and Cilicians, Phrygians and Lazis. In my humble opinion the only way that continuity might be secured over Thrace and Asia Minor for the rule of Constantinople is for the Ottoman Empire by a few bold strokes of the pen to announce that it has thrown off its Turkish kaftan and turban, and resumes the name and dress of Byzantium, But to Armenia within its natural ethnic limits autonomy and independence must be secured. It is not so much a matter ofreligious sentiment as of historical gratitude. A bad Armenian Christian is no better than a good Muhammadan Kurd. The modern Armenia is the direct descendant of the Hittite empire which did much to raise the cultural status of the Nearer East. The Armenoid type we now realise was one of the most potent civilisers of Europe in the Neolithic and Bronze ages. From Armenia we have derived many precious things in cultivated plants and domestic animals. The Armenoid or Alpine peoples have enriched the Old \vorld with their cultural ideas.

But there is one unavoidable conclusion to be arrived at when we study the history of the world from 1914 back to pre historic times. Civilisation must go armed. Armed at first unhappily - against the powers of rapine, the typical Turks and Teutons; armed in happier days against the ruthless powers of nature. Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow. At some stage in the history of Armenia as of Persia, of Arabia, of Greece and Slavdom the more civilised race failed in courage, in martial vigour. And so the Turk or Tatar got the upper hand and imposed his hideously stupid rule.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1332432190
• ISBN 13: 9781332432196
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 69
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