Turkey at the Beginning of the 20th Century

History:

• World War I – the beginning and the spread of conflict; the participation of the Ottoman empire; the withdrawal of Russia and the entry of the US.

• Post war conferences and treaties, and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; The Turkish War of Independence; The treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne, and the Mudanya Cease-Fire agreement.

Geography:

• The demographic and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution.

• The effects of the war on the demography of Turkey.

Sociology:

• Social effects of the Industrial Revolution:

  • development of the state and civil society;

  • the notion of citizenship and the individual, and their rights;

  • capitalism and class;

  • gender and family issues;

  • the social effects of World War I and the War of Independence.