6Acknowledgements
Thisbookistheoutcomeofalongandextensiveintellectualjourneythatledme
tonumerouslibrariesandarchivesinbothcountriesunderstudy.Itisbasedon
mydissertation,completedbetween 2014 and 2016 attheGraduateSchoolfor
EastandSouthEastEuropeanStudiesattheLudwig-Maximilians-University
(LMU)MunichandfundedbyascholarshipfromtheGermanResearchFounda-
tion(DFG).Iwouldliketoexpressmydeepgratitudetoboththeseinstitutions.
ThedissertationwasdefendedattheLMUMunichinFebruary 2017.
ThereisaTurkishproverbthatsaysthat“manyhandsmakelightwork”(“bir
elinnesivarikielinsesivar”).Thisisalsovalidwithregardtothisproject,which
wouldnothavebeenpossiblewithouttheadviceandsupportofmanypeople.
Though,Ihavetodisclaimthatanyeventualmistakesandmisstatementsinthis
bookareallmine.Firstandforemost,Iwouldliketothankmyadvisor,Christoph
K.Neumann,forprovidingmewiththeopportunitytodelvedeeperintothisunder-
studiedfieldofTurkishStudiesaswellasforguidingandsupportingmeinall
stagesoftheproject.Iwouldalsoliketoextendwarmthankstotheothertwo
membersofmyexaminationcommittee,AndreasRennerandSurayaFaroqhi,for
theirreviewandinsightfulcommentsonthethesis.
IverymuchappreciatedthediscussionswithSevilÖzçalıkaboutourre-
search.Theseconversationswereinspiringforbothofourprojects.Furthermore,
IwanttothankmycolleaguesattheLMUInstituteofNearandMiddleEastern
StudiesaswellastheGraduateSchoolinMunichandRegensburgfordiscussing
myprojectinabroaderandcomparativecontext.IamalsoindebtedtoEdhem
Eldem,NilüferHatemi,OliverStein,AbdullahTurhal,SteveZalogaandCemal
Candanfortheirinsights.SpecialthanksgoouttoEmreSaralandNurgülÖzde-
mirfortheirkindassistanceduringmystayinAnkara.IalsothanktheDeGruyt-
ereditorialdepartmentfortheirkindassistanceduringthepublicationprocess.
Accesstotherelevantprintedandarchivalmaterialwascrucialtotheprog-
ressofthisbook.Iwanttoexpressmygratitudetothestaffofthefollowingar-
chivesandlibrariesfortheirassistanceduringmyresearchphase:theBavarian
StateLibrary,theLMUUniversityLibraryandthelibraryoftheGermanArmed
ForcesUniversityinMunich,thestaffattheFederalMilitaryArchives(BA-MA)
inFreiburg,GerhardKeiperandthestaffattheArchivesoftheGermanForeign
Ministry,theFederalArchivesinBerlin-Lichterfelde(BA-L),themilitaryarchive
sectionoftheBavarianMainStateArchives(BayHStAIV)inMunichandthe
StuttgartMainStateArchives(HStAS).InTurkeyIamindebtedtoMesutGüven-
baş,GülşenYılmazandtheircolleaguesattheTurkishGeneralStaffMilitaryAr-
chives(ATASE)inAnkara;İsmailOrmanandthestaffatthelibraryoftheTurk-
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