[Bilimsel Haber] Conf: The Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78

[Onur İnal]

The Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78

METU, December 13-14, 2005

MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY & MEIJI UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES

PROGRAM

The Organising Committee:

Prof. Dr. Seçil Karal Akgün ( METU)
Prof. Dr. Sahara Tetuya (Meiji University)
Prof. Dr. Ilber Ortayli (Director of Topkapi Museum)
Prof. Dr. Evgene Radusev (Bilkent)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ömer Turan (METU)

December 13, 2005 Tuesday

09.00 - 09.45      Opening Session
                           - Welcoming Addresses
                           - Introductory Lecture: Ilber Ortayli, The
Ottoman - Russian War of 1877-78 and It's Consequences

09.50 - 10.20      Exibitions
                           -Pictures from the Russian Fronts
                           -Documents from the Ottoman Archives

10.20 - 10.40      Coffee Break

Session I

Chair: Ilber Ortayli

10.40 - 11.00  Kyle T. Evered, The Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): Geographic
Dimensions of the Conflict as Observed in Eastern Anatolia
11.00 - 11.20   Haila Al-Mekaimi, The International Impact of the
Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78: A Theoretical Perspective
11.20 - 11.40   A. V. Ignatiev, Ottoman -Russian War of 1877-78 and its Role
on International Relations During the Last Quarter of the 19th Century
11.40 - 12.00   Nina Dyulgerova, Russian Stroke to Ottoman - Russian War of
1877-78 (Russian Scenario about the War and after the War)
12.00 - 12.20   Ayten Kiliç, A Russian Machiavelli in the Ottoman Empire:
Count Ignatiev Conquers Istanbul
12.20 - 12.40      Discussions
12.40 - 14.00     Lunch

Session II

Chair: Mehdi Ilhan

14.00 - 14.20  Justin McCarthy, Demographic Questions of the 1875-1878 Wars
14.20 - 14.40  Alexandre  Toumarkine, The War of 1877-1878 and the
Occupations: A Main Cause of Migration? The Case of the Muhacir from Balkans
and Caucasus
14.40 - 15.00  Bilal Simsir, The Turkish Population in Bulgaria and Russian
Civil Administration During the War
15.20 - 15.40  Maria Pandevska, The Refuge Waives in Macedonia During the
Great Eastern Crisis
15.40 - 16.00  Oktay Özel, Notes on the Settlement of Georgian Migrants of
"93 Harbi" in Ottoman Central Black Sea Region: A Socio-Historical Anaylsis
16.00 - 16.20  Discussions
16.20 - 16.40  Coffee Break

Session III

Chair: Ömer E. Lütem

16.40 - 17.00  Ömer Turan, Turkish Documents on the Ottoman-Russian War of
1877-78
17.00 - 17.20  Roumen Genov, The Early British and American Accounts and
Interpretations of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878
17.20 - 17.40  Sema Ugurcan, The Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78 in Turkish
Arts and Literature
18.00 - 18.20  Ahmet Tetik, 1877-78 War Western Front Memories of Süleyman
Pasha
18.20 - 18.40  Inanç Atilgan - Kerstin Tomenendal, The Ottoman - Russian War
of 1877-78 as Portrayed in the Austrian-Hungarian Newspapers
18.40 - 19.00  Discussions


December 14, 2005 Wednesday

Session IV

Chair: Ivan Ilchev

08.40 - 09.00   David Barchard, Malcolm MacColl and Liberal Propaganda
against Turkey in Britain during the Russo-Turkish War
09.00 - 09.20  Azmi Özcan, An Unofficial Anglo-Ottoman Project to Involve
Britain in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878
09.20 - 09.40  Sabira Stahlberg, The Music Played as the Boys Marched to the
Ramparts of Gorni Dubnik" - Finnish Views on the Ottoman-Russian war of
1877-78
09.40 - 10.00  Odile Moreau, The Ottoman Army and the Use of Irregulars in
the Turkish Russian War (1876-1878)
10.00 - 10.20  Sinan Kuneralp, Incompetence, or Egotism: Was Süleyman Pasha
a Poor Strategist or Simply an Envious Self-Seeker?
10.20 - 10.40  Discussions
10.40 - 11.00  Coffee Break

Session V

Chair: Evgene Radusev

11.00 - 11.20  Sahara Tetuya, Anti-Semitism in the Ottoman Empire and the
Implications for Russia
11.20 - 11.40  Zvi Keren, The Fate of the Jewish Communities of Kazanlik and
Eski-Zagra in the 1877-78 War
11.40 - 12.00  Mihai Maxim, Ottoman Prisoners of War in Romania
12.00 - 12.20  Entela Muço, The Russian- Turkish Fight during the years
1877-1878 in the Balkans and the Position of These Two Powerful Countries
towards Albanians
12.20 - 12.40  Stefan Detchev, Remembering the Ottoman-Russian War (1877-78)
in the Bulgarian Public Sphere (Russophile and Russophobic Ideologies in
1880s and 1890s)
12.40 - 13.00     Discussions
13.00 - 14.00     Lunch

Session VI

Chair: Sahara Tetuya

14.00 - 14.20  Tufan Buzpinar, The Repercussions of the Russo-Ottoman War of
1877-1878 on the Ottoman Arab Provinces
14.20 - 14.40  Samir Hotko, Importance of Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878
for the Cirsassian History
14.40 - 15.00  Isa Blumi, Seeing Beyond the River Drin: The Fixation on
Ottoman Albania in the Administration of the Post Berlin Balkans, 1877-1908
15.00 - 15.20  Nicholas C. J. Pappas, Greece and the Russian-Ottoman War of
1877-1878
15.20 - 15.40  Andrey Pantev, Ottoman-Russian War and the Cultural
Pre-Orientation of Bulgaria (after 1878)
15.40 - 16.00  Discussions
16.00 - 16.20  Coffee Break

Session VII

Chair: Seçil Karal Akgün

16.20 - 16.40  Gül Tokay, Ottoman Diplomacy at the Congress of Berlin
(June-July 1878)
16.40 - 17.00  I. S. Rybachenok, Confrontation or C0-Operation? General N.
N. Obruchev Projects of Solution to a Problem of Black Sea Straits
17.00 - 17.20  Ivan Ilchev, The Myth of San Stefano Bulgaria as a Sacred Cow
of Bulgarian Nationalism
17.20 - 17.40  Keziban Acar, Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 and Its
Implications on Russian National Identity
17.40 - 18.00  Discussions