Tolga U. Esmer is Associate Professor of History at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. He specialises in Ottoman, Middle Eastern, Balkan, and Mediterranean history, and he is also the Director of Culture, Politics, and Society BA degree at CEU. He is also the owner of an alpine vacation company in Slovenia.

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• Introduction: Ottoman Political Culture in the Age of Revolutions Viewed through the Kara Feyzî File 1: The Legacy of Eighteenth-Century Wars and the Moral Geography of Rumeli Bandit Insurgency 2: Men of Imperial (Dis)Order: Recruitment, Representation, and the Performance of Patronage among Warrior Populations in Late Ottoman Society 3: Notes on a Scandal: Transregional Networks of Violence, Gossip, and Imperial Decision-Making in the Late Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Empire 4: Economies of Banditry, Corruption, and Imperial Rackets in Late Ottoman History 5: Emotional Regimes and Imperial Hierarchies of Credibility in the Ottoman Archives 6: Conclusion: Rumeli Bandit Insurgencies Across the Empire in the Age of Revolution Epilogue: Rumeli Moral Geographies and Imperial Formations Beyond Empire

Tolga U. Esmer is Associate Professor of History at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. He specialises in Ottoman, Middle Eastern, Balkan, and Mediterranean history, and he is also the Director of Culture, Politics, and Society BA degree at CEU. He is also the owner of an alpine vacation company in Slovenia.

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• Introduction: Ottoman Political Culture in the Age of Revolutions Viewed through the Kara Feyzî File 1: The Legacy of Eighteenth-Century Wars and the Moral Geography of Rumeli Bandit Insurgency 2: Men of Imperial (Dis)Order: Recruitment, Representation, and the Performance of Patronage among Warrior Populations in Late Ottoman Society 3: Notes on a Scandal: Transregional Networks of Violence, Gossip, and Imperial Decision-Making in the Late Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Empire 4: Economies of Banditry, Corruption, and Imperial Rackets in Late Ottoman History 5: Emotional Regimes and Imperial Hierarchies of Credibility in the Ottoman Archives 6: Conclusion: Rumeli Bandit Insurgencies Across the Empire in the Age of Revolution Epilogue: Rumeli Moral Geographies and Imperial Formations Beyond Empire

Tolga U. Esmer is Associate Professor of History at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. He specialises in Ottoman, Middle Eastern, Balkan, and Mediterranean history, and he is also the Director of Culture, Politics, and Society BA degree at CEU. He is also the owner of an alpine vacation company in Slovenia.

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• Introduction: Ottoman Political Culture in the Age of Revolutions Viewed through the Kara Feyzî File 1: The Legacy of Eighteenth-Century Wars and the Moral Geography of Rumeli Bandit Insurgency 2: Men of Imperial (Dis)Order: Recruitment, Representation, and the Performance of Patronage among Warrior Populations in Late Ottoman Society 3: Notes on a Scandal: Transregional Networks of Violence, Gossip, and Imperial Decision-Making in the Late Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Empire 4: Economies of Banditry, Corruption, and Imperial Rackets in Late Ottoman History 5: Emotional Regimes and Imperial Hierarchies of Credibility in the Ottoman Archives 6: Conclusion: Rumeli Bandit Insurgencies Across the Empire in the Age of Revolution Epilogue: Rumeli Moral Geographies and Imperial Formations Beyond Empire