Çiğdem Oğuz on moral panic and westernisation in the late Ottoman era and today

January 4, 2022

Turkey Book Talk episode 158 – Çiğdem Oğuz, research fellow at the University of Bologna’s Department of History and Cultures, on “Moral Crisis in the Ottoman Empire: Society, Politics and Gender during WWI” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury).

The book examines debates about morality in the late Ottoman era, when mounting European cultural influence triggered anxiety about the loss of traditional religious values among many.

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Posted by William Armstrong
Filed in Europe, European history, History, Interviews, Islamism, Istanbul, LGBTI rights, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman history, Podcast, Politics, Religion, Turkey, Turkish history, Turkish politics
Tags: Cigdem Oguz, interview, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman history, podcast, Turkish history, Turkish politics

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