Hidayet Dağdeviren collection, 1797-1955

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Summary

Creators:
Dagdeviren, Hidayet
Abstract:
The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, proclamations, speeches, clippings, newspaper issues, maps, posters, and photographs, relating to political and social conditions in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Turkish Republic, Turkish military activities during World War I, Turkish foreign relations, and ethnic minorities in Turkey.
Extent:
24 manuscript boxes, 10 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (16.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
Turkish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Hidayet Dağdeviren collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, proclamations, speeches, clippings, newspaper issues, maps, posters, and photographs, relating to political and social conditions during the last decades of the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Turkish Republic, Turkish military activities during World War I, Turkish foreign relations, and ethnic minorities in Turkey.

The collection is arranged as originally received from the collector. The following groups of collected research materials were given alphanumeric designations by the collector and have been retained as groups. The Research files contain materials such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, proclamations, speeches, clippings, newspaper issues, maps, posters, and photographs. The Research folios contain materials from the larger group of research files selected by the collector. The Large research dossiers contain oversize materials from the larger group of research files selected by collector. Scrapbooks of newspapers and a group of oversize materials removed from the Research files folders by the Hoover Institution for preservation in oversize files.

Biographical / historical:

The research materials collected by Hidayet Dağdeviren of Istanbul, Turkey, cover the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the first years of the Republic of Turkey, and in particular documenting social organizations and minorities.

The Ottoman Empire was at the center of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries, and came to an end, as a regime under an imperial monarchy, on November 1, 1922. It formally ended, as a de jure state, on July 24, 1923, under the Treaty of Lausanne.

It was succeeded by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1952.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes 1, 15-16, 34 and FH2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Hidayet Dağdeviren collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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