Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire

Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire
Author: Kent F. Schull
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-04-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0748677690

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Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual abuse traditionally associated with Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons, Kent Schull argues that, during the Second Constitutional Period (1908-1918), they played a crucial role in attempts to transform the empire.