▁the ▁Y ı ld ı z ▁Palace , ▁Ist an bul . ▁He ▁received ▁two ▁major ▁research ▁awards ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁National ▁End ow ment ▁from ▁the ▁Human ities ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁fellow ships ▁from ▁the ▁Ford ▁Foundation , ▁the ▁Rock ef eller ▁Foundation , ▁and ▁the ▁Ful br ight - H ay es ▁Committee . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁Senior ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Turkish ▁Studies . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁and ▁Modern ▁Turkey ▁One ▁of ▁Shaw ' s ▁most ▁prominent ▁works ▁was ▁a ▁two - volume ▁history ▁on ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁titled ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁and ▁Modern ▁Turkey . ▁The ▁first ▁volume , ▁subt itled ▁Empire ▁of ▁the ▁Gaz is : ▁the ▁R ise ▁and ▁Dec line ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁ 1 2 8 0 – 1 8 0 8 , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁generally ▁mixed ▁to ▁negative ▁reviews . ▁Many ▁fault ed ▁him ▁for ▁producing ▁a ▁work ▁emb ell ished ▁with ▁numerous ▁historical ▁errors ▁and ▁dist ort ions . ▁Col in ▁Im ber , ▁a ▁scholar ▁on ▁Ott oman ▁history , ▁noted ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁that ▁both ▁volumes ▁were ▁" so ▁full ▁of ▁errors , ▁half - tr uth s , ▁o vers impl ifications ▁and ▁in ex act itudes ▁that ▁a ▁non - special ist ▁will ▁find ▁them ▁posit ively ▁mis leading .... When ▁almost ▁every ▁page ▁is ▁a ▁mine field ▁of ▁mis information