Aysel Yildiz: 1 book
Crisis and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire
The Downfall of a Sultan in the Age of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
In 1807 the reformist Sultan Selim III was overthrown in a palace coup enacted by the elite special forces of the day – the Janissaries. The Ottomans were bankrupt and had been forced to make peace with Napoleon after Austerlitz, but it was Selim III's efforts to reform an empire that had suffered...
