^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} Europe Knows Nothing About The Orient . A Critical Discourse From The East (1872 - 1932) -

This remarkable work of scholarship off­ers a rarely-examined view of Orientalism: that of Ottoman and Turkish observers from over a century ago until the 1930s whose critique of the Western gaze anticipated that of Said and other modern authors. Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient constitutes a valuable addition to the slim library of responses to Orientalism from "the Orient" itself. - Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies Department of History, Columbia University

Europe Knows Nothing about The Orient is essential reading, compiled by Çelik with magisterial scope and erudition, and preceded by an introduction that will be a guide to scholars for generations to come. Çelik's volume reveals a worldly, intellectual, cosmopolitan late Ottoman world, one engaged both in "projects of modernity," and in sharp critical assessment of the assumptions of the European scholars regarding the "Orient." It thus has the eff­ect of both contesting Orientalist theorists of the 19th century, as well as disrupting those of the 21st century, who tend to locate the enterprise of theoretical salvation of the Orient in the realm of Euro-American intellectual thought. - Jerrilynn Dodds, Harlequin Adair Dammann Professor of Islamic Studies Sarah Lawrence College

Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient brings together eye-opening critical texts on Orientalism by angry Ottoman and Turkish intellectuals. The collection is astutely introduced by Zeynep Çelik, whose work is essential to understand the cultural modernization of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. - Orhan Pamuk, 2006 Nobel Prize

Since Edward Said's germinal work defined Orientalism as a key technique of imperialism, few studies have considered local expressions of resistance to it. Framed around five themes, along with a definitive introduction, Zeynep Çelik's masterful volume curates stories, articles, and commentaries from Turkish language-texts that lend voice to imperial and nationalist dreams. Beyond providing primary sources from the "Ottoman East" that add nuance to understandings of Orientalism as merely imposed upon unsuspecting and compliant subjects, the texts Çelik explores o­ffer fascinating reading as the selections display the richness and vigor of intellectual debates about Western cultural hegemony in late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic. - Selim Sırrı Kuru, Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, Chair University of Washington

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Zeynep Çelik : Europe Knows Nothing About The Orient: A Critical Discourse From The East (1872-1932)
SELECTED WRITINGS
1. Grand Battles
Europe Knows Nothing About the Orient, Namik Kemal
Europe Knows Nothing About the Orient, Ebuzziya Mehmet Tevfik
Foreigners And Our Turkish, Tevfik Fikret
Aziyade, Tevfik Fikret
A Refutation of Ernest Renan, Namik Kemal
A Conversation with a Foreigner about Istanbul, Ahmed Hasim
The Library, Ahmed Hasim
Could Our Movie Theaters Be French Imperialism's Tools?
Turkey Faces West, Halide Edib
Overthrowing Europacentrisme, Sevket Süreyya
2. Art as Measure of Civilization
Ottoman Arts I, Celal Esad
Arabic Arts, Celal Esad
The Arabic Decorative Arts, Celal Esad
Ottoman Architecture, Celal Esad
Architectural Terminology, Celal Esad
Introduction to the Research of Turkish Arts, Ismail Hakki
3. "Oriental" Women and Life at Home
Women of Islam, Fatma Aliye Hanim
Avrupa'da Bir Cevelan, Ahmet Mithad
Ask-i Memnu, Halid Ziya
Nesl-i Ahir, Halid Ziya
Turkish Women in the Foreign Press
Oriental Beauties
4. The Unique Case of Pierre Loti
Aziyade, Tevfik Fikret
Les Désenchantées, Ömer Lütfi
Loti Sends His Regrets, Izzed Melih
Reply to Loti, Izzed Melih
Pierre Loti, Nazim Hikmet
5. Sarcasm as Vengeance
Tourists
Secret Sanctuary, Ömer Seyfeddin
Around the World with Meshedi, Ercüment Ekrem Talu
The Hospital of the Storks, Ahmet Hasim
6. Biographies
7. Index