{"product_id":"hakki-sunata-from-autocracy-to-constitutionalism-2018-turkish-book-turkey-ottoman-empire","title":"Hakkı Sunata – From Autocracy to Constitutionalism 2018 Turkish Book Turkey Ottoman Empire","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"102\"\u003eHakkı Sunata – \u003cem data-start=\"15\" data-end=\"52\"\u003eFrom Autocracy to Constitutionalism\u003c\/em\u003e (İstibdattan Meşrutiyete) – Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları Turkish Edition (2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"134\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 26, 23);\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"576\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis Turkish edition of \u003cem data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"220\"\u003eFrom Autocracy to Constitutionalism\u003c\/em\u003e (İstibdattan Meşrutiyete) by Hakkı Sunata was published by Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları in 2018. Printed in Turkish, this memoir chronicles the years preceding the author's later wartime diaries, portraying the final decades of the Ottoman Empire through the eyes of a young man witnessing one of the most transformative periods in Turkish history.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"947\"\u003eThe book vividly depicts daily life in Istanbul during the final years of Sultan Abdülhamid II's reign, describing family life, neighborhood culture, education, and the social atmosphere shaped by the autocratic government. Sunata's personal recollections provide valuable insight into how ordinary citizens experienced the political climate of the late Ottoman period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"1358\"\u003eThe memoir concludes with the excitement surrounding the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Era in 1908, capturing the widespread optimism inspired by promises of liberty, equality, and constitutional government. As a firsthand account of a society in transition, the work offers an important perspective on the political and social changes that paved the way for the final years of the Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 26, 23);\"\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1401\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e• Author: Hakkı Sunata\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1458\"\u003e• Original Title: \u003cem data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1458\"\u003eFrom Autocracy to Constitutionalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1502\"\u003e• Turkish Title: \u003cem data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1502\"\u003eİstibdattan Meşrutiyete\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1552\"\u003e• Publisher: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1578\"\u003e• Publication Date: 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1599\"\u003e• Language: Turkish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1620\"\u003e• Format: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1646\"\u003e• Genre: Memoir; History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1730\"\u003e• Subject: Daily life in the late Ottoman Empire and the Second Constitutional Era\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1732\" data-end=\"1778\"\u003e• Literary Content: Memoir; Historical account\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1897\"\u003e• Themes: Ottoman Empire; Sultan Abdülhamid II; Second Constitutional Era; Istanbul; Social history; Political reform\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"2026\"\u003e• Historical Focus: The transition from the late Abdülhamid period to the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Era in 1908\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2311\"\u003e• Educational Value: A firsthand memoir documenting everyday life, the social atmosphere of late Ottoman Istanbul, and the public response to the restoration of constitutional government, providing valuable insight into one of the empire's most significant political transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2313\" data-end=\"2586\"\u003e• Collector Appeal: Modern Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları edition of Hakkı Sunata's memoirs, complementing his later volumes on the First World War and the occupation of Istanbul, making it an important work for collectors of late Ottoman history and personal memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turkrex Collectables","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49746627461258,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/3687\/7450\/files\/1_45cbc601-0324-428d-99e7-6b5e75caa31b.jpg?v=1784210233","url":"https:\/\/turkrexcollectables.com\/products\/hakki-sunata-from-autocracy-to-constitutionalism-2018-turkish-book-turkey-ottoman-empire","provider":"Turkrex Collectables","version":"1.0","type":"link"}