Perspectives on Ottoman Studies

The present volume contains most of the papers presented at the 18thtextsuperscript(th) symposium of the Comité International pour les études préottomanes et ottomanes (CIEPO) which has taken place in Zagreb in August 2008 (eighty-three authors from fifteen countries). CIEPO is the non-profit association of more than a hundred of world's leading scholars in Ottoman studies, founded in 1973, whose meetings are open for all other researchers as well. The contributions cover a very large field (Turkey, Central and Southeastern Europe, the Middl ...