Making opinion at the summit: a northern Caucasian nobleman in the Ottoman-Turkish ruling elite: Bekir Sami-bey Kundukh (1865-1933)

• Main Author: Zhantiev, Dimitry R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: muslimové; osmanská říše; Turecko; Ottoman Empire; Bekir Sami-bey Kundukh; Mustafa Kemal Pasha; Atatürk; Turkish Republic; north Caucasian muslims; identity politics; 1; 316.7; Musa; sami
• Online Access: https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:91375d0a-a792-48b6-a614-504126742e00

The dramatic life of Bekir Sami-bey Kundukh reflects the contradictory situation in which many Ottoman officials of North Caucasian origin found themselves during the pivotal period between the demise of the Ottoman Empire and the birth of the Turkish Republic. It was during this period that Bekir S...