Introduction: Periodization, Theory and Methodology --
Part I. Western Influences and Early Attempts at Modernization --
1.. Ottoman Empire at the end of the Eighteenth Century --
2.. Between Tradition and Innovation: Sultan Selim III and the 'New Order', 1789-1807 --
3.. Early Years of Sultan Mahmut II: The Centre Tries to Regain Control --
4.. Later Years of Sultan Mahmut II: The Start of the Reforms --
5.. Era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71 --
6.. Crisis of 1873-78 and its Aftermath --
7.. Reactionary Despotism or Culmination of the Reforms? The reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II --
Part II. Young Turk Era in Turkish History (1908-50) --
8.. Second Constitutional Period, 1912-18 --
9.. Struggle for Independence --
10.. Emergence of the One-Party State, 1923-27 --
11.. Kemalist One-Party State, 1925-45 --
12.. Transition to Democracy, 1945-50 --
Part III. Troubled Democracy --
13.. Rule of the Democratic Party, 1950-60 --
14.. Second Turkish Republic, 1960-80 --
15.. Third Republic: Turkey since 1980 --
Maps drawn by Russell Townsend --
Arab Provinces of the Ottoman Empire --
Biographical Notes: Some Important Figures in Ottoman and Turkish History.
