The Dönme
Subtitle: Jewish converts, Muslim revolutionaries, and secular Turks
By: Marc David Baer.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804768672; 9780804768689
Subjects: Dönmeh -- History; Jews -- Turkey -- History; Muslim converts from Judaism -- Turkey -- History; Turkey -- Ethnic relations; Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : following the Jewish messiah turned Muslim, 1666-1862; title: Keeping it within the family, 1862-1908; title: Religious and moral education : schools and their effects; title: Traveling and trading; title: Making a revolution, 1908; title: Choosing between Greek Thessaloniki and Ottoman Istanbul, 1912-1923; title: Losing a homeland, 1923-1924; title: Loyal Turks or fake Muslims? Debating Dönme in Istanbul, 1923-1939; title: Reinscribing the Dönme in the secular nation-state; title: Forgetting to forget, 1923-1944.