Selim III, Social Control and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Between Crisis and Order

• Main Author: Basaran, By Betul
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston BRILL 2014; Brill
• Edition: 1
• Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage
• Subjects: 18th century; History; Internal security; Istanbul; Istanbul (Turkey); Police; Selim III, 1789-1807; Social life and customs; Turkey

In Selim III, Social Order and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Betül Başaran examines Selim III's social control measures and Istanbul's dynamic population, urging us to go beyond mechanistic models of borrowing that focus primarily on European influence in discus...