Simseker, Somer AlpSabanci, Zeynep2025-01-062025-01-0620240026-32061743-788110.1080/00263206.2023.21982222-s2.0-85152914554https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2023.2198222https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/3122The Ottoman Empire until the eve of the First World War gave the impression of an agrarian society with modest manufacturing activities, mainly based on craft-based production. A major difficulty was to supply food for the army for a long time in total war conditions. This was an important indicator for the new leaders of Ottoman bureaucracy to develop a nationalist economic view. With an intention to enhance further argument, this study implies that the Ottoman officials with their strong ties to Young Turk Movement would have pursued a nationalist economy regardless of the total war status. So, this study proposes that the war and rising nationalism were not the sole reasons for creating a national economy, but merely footsteps along the way.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessTotal warnational economyCommunity of Union and ProgressOttoman EmpireFirst World WarArticle2172Q219560WOS:000973582900001Q3