BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TASC | Turkish American National Steering Committee - ECPv5.1.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:TASC | Turkish American National Steering Committee X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ourtasc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for TASC | Turkish American National Steering Committee BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190611T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190611T193000 DTSTAMP:20240329T054800 CREATED:20190606T025053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T025053Z UID:777-1560276000-1560281400@ourtasc.org SUMMARY:ERLS: To Save an Empire Novel Ottoman History Lecture\, Book Signing DESCRIPTION:Embassy Row Lecture Series: To Save an Empire: A Novel of Ottoman History by Alan R. Gall \nLecture on Ottoman History and Book Signing \nWhen Russia invades the Ottoman Empire in 1877\, Sultan Abdulhamit is forced into war to protect and preserve the Empire’s ethnically diverse territories that stretch across three continents. But\, at home he feels his executive powers are paralyzed by the Ottoman Grand Vizier Mithat Pasha\, an influential reformer\, who has popular support to bring a constitutional monarchy to the Empire. \nTo Save an Empire explores the impact of religious and ethnic conflict in the Ottoman Empire of the late 19th century on the lives of ordinary people—Muslims\, Christians\, and Jews. Refugees flee atrocities that incite revenge\, but also arouse charity and love. A story of love found and lost\, of war and its consequences. Today’s Balkans and Middle East emerge from the era’s political forces of terrorism\, imperialism\, nationalism\, and religion. It is a modern story. \n“Gall narrates an impressively researched tale of the waning Ottoman Empire set in the late 19th century. Following the fateful tale of the last truly ensconced Ottoman sultan\, Abdülhamit II\, the novel weaves through stories of palace intrigue\, great power struggles and romance.” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs – Review \nTo Save an Empire will be available for purchase and signing. \nClosest parking garage: 11 Dupont Circle\, NW Washington\, DC.\nStreet parking on surrounding streets also available. \n URL:https://ourtasc.org/event/erls-to-save-an-empire-novel-ottoman-history-lecture-book-signing/ LOCATION:Turkish House\, 1526 18th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="TASC":MAILTO:info@ourtasc.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR