Baer, Marc David, 1970-

The Dönme Jewish converts, Muslim revolutionaries, and secular Turks / [electronic resource] : Marc David Baer. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 332 p.) : ill.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : following the Jewish messiah turned Muslim, 1666-1862 -- Keeping it within the family, 1862-1908 -- Religious and moral education : schools and their effects -- Traveling and trading -- Making a revolution, 1908 -- Choosing between Greek Thessaloníki and Ottoman Istanbul, 1912-1923 -- Losing a homeland, 1923-1924 -- Loyal Turks or fake Muslims? : debating Dönme in Istanbul, 1923-1939 -- Reinscribing the Dönme in the secular nation-state -- Forgetting to forget, 1923-1944.

9780804772563 (electronic bk.) 0804772568 (electronic bk.)


Dönmeh--History.
Jews--History.--Turkey
Muslim converts from Judaism--History.--Turkey


Turkey--Ethnic relations.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.


Electronic books.

DS135.T8 / B33 2010eb

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