Patriot and Liberal Internationalist? The Life of Ahmed Robenson – Gareth Winrow
Ahmed Robenson, the celebrated sportsmen and a pioneer of the scouting movement in the late Ottoman Empire, is a well-known
figure among Turkish commentators. However, much of the details of his life are surprisingly unknown, and some of the information
that is readily available has been manipulated by official propaganda and has even been deliberately distorted by Ahmed Robenson
himself.
Ottoman Aleppo Through British Eyes – Prof Gerald MacLean
Among the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas, with origins dating at least as far back as 5000 BCE, Aleppo is substantially
older than Damascus and was, until the devastations of the continuing civil war, the most populous city in Syria. By the opening of
the second millennium BCE, Aleppo ‘was already a major market center … when the archives of the Hittites and of those of the
kingdom of Mari recorded its name as Halab or Khalappa’. However, the arrival of the Ottomans in 1516
transformed the city from a regional trading centre into a major international entrepôt.
Please note the venue has a strict dress policy, so it is tie and jacket for gentlemen please.
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
