Download or read book Ottoman/Turkish Visions of the Nation, 1860-1950 written by D. Gürpinar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing the critical phase in the construction of a Turkish historical imagination between 1860 to 1950 disregarding the political disruptions, this book demonstrates how history and historical imagery had been instrumental in the nation-building process.