Kiesser Hans-Lukas. Aspects of the Political Language in Turkey

Gorgias Press, 2010. — 140 p.This is a collection of articles discussing the usages of and changes in the Turkish language during the late Ottoman Empire and early Republican periods. The Ottoman political vocabulary of the first half of the 19th century is indebted to the Western one, it reflects the fear and at the same time emulation of Europe. Nevertheless it has its own roots in Islamic and Ottoman history.