"Muslim For The State": The Druze Community and Their Legal Status During World War I
TURKISH JOURNAL OF HISTORY-TARIH DERGISI, vol.0, no.78, pp.101-122, 2022 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 0 Issue: 78
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.26650/iutd.1145879
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF HISTORY-TARIH DERGISI
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, L'Année philologique, Historical Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.101-122
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This study focuses on the political and legal dimension of Djemal Pasha's policies toward the Druze in World War I and examines the sectarian effects on the Druze from the Pasha's ideological approaches. Due to the principle of justice, the Ottoman Empire did not interfere with Druze private law. Djemal Pasha, however, subjected the Druze to the opposite practice for the same reason. This study will focus on the political and religious dimensions of this practice and examine the identity crisis experienced during World War I from the perspectives of the Druze and the Ottoman Empire.