Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (Dec 2013)
Il patriottismo e la stampa ottomana
Abstract
The paper aims to analyze the formation of a patriotic ideology inside the Ottoman society at the end of XIX century, using the press of the period as principal source. It will explain how the Sultan, along with his court, played a decisive role in the creation and support of the new Ottoman identity, first dreamed up by the élites whose aim was to save and restart the Empire.