Zandisayek, Sibel
Ottoman Izmir
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816666027
- author:
- Zandisayek, Sibel
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 17.8 centimetres (0.50 kg
- Genre:
- History, Modern, 19th Century,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Between 1840 and 1880, Izmir underwent significant transformation as its modern harbor welcomed international steamships and new railway lines. This period saw the city's population double to 200,000, with migrants and seasonal workers joining an already diverse metropolis. Urban space, institutional structures, and everyday practices interacted in complex ways during this time of growth. Sibel Zandi-Sayek examines how urban actors - including Muslims and non-Muslims, Ottomans and Europeans, newcomers and native residents - shaped the city's development through their interactions with laws and policies. The book reveals how modern interventions sought to impose clear concepts of public and private spaces on a city with previously varied customary regulations. By focusing on urban committees and unimplemented laws, Zandi-Sayek sheds new light on the dynamics of urban modernization in Izmir during this period.
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