CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Yazici, Gözde |
|---|---|
| Title | Midhat Pasha(1822-1884)'s policies vs. N. P. Ignatiev (1832-1908)'s Pan-Slav mission |
| Summary | This thesis aims to analyze the targets of Midhat Pasha from his governorship in the Danube Province in 1864 to his dismissal from the grand vizierate in 1877 compared to the political mission of N. P. Ignatiev in Istanbul between 1864 and 1877. The inspiration to choose this comparison as a thesis subject stemmed not only from my personal interest in the problem, but also from the rather obvious observation that a comparative approach to the issue provides new insights to the mid-19th century concepts of Ottomanism vis-à-vis Pan-Slavism. In analyzing the issue, I’ve attempted to compare Midhat Pasha’s progressive regulations, which were executed so as to provide solutions to disintegrating Balkan Peninsula with Ignatiev’s conservative reactions to these reforms and the pragmatic policy he pursed during his ambassadorship in Istanbul. I aim to show the reasons of Midhat Pasha’s failure in providing the Ottomanism as a solution to the nationalities problem of the Ottoman Empire and Ignatiev’s failure in establishing a Pan-Slav federation under the control of Russia in Balkan Peninsula. Apart from their exclusive politics and the reasons of their failures, the dilemmas of their personal and imperial policies in conjunction and comparison with each other are significant issues that I’ve dealt with in this thesis. |
| Supervisor | Rieber, Alfred |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/yazici_gozde.pdf |
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