Yenişehir and Iznik around the middle of the 19th century -- Dilemmas of power between the center and provincial societies : the 1863 inspection tour in Yenişehir and Iznik -- The settlement of immigrants and land disputes in Yenişehir and Iznik : legitimacy vs. the law -- Ideology and economy : Hamidian hegemony and scramble for rural resources -- Empire as enterprise in the province : the reign of Edhem Paşa in Yenişehir.
