State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims, 1830-1945

Benjamin C. Fortna · Stefanos Katsikas · Dimitris Kamouzis · Paraskevas Konortas

Nov 2012 · Routledge

About this ebook

Tracing the emergence of minorities and their institutions from the late nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, this book provides a comparative study of government policies and ideologies of two states towards minority populations living within their borders.

Making extensive use of new archival material, this volume transcends the tendency to compare the Greek-Orthodox in Turkey and the Muslims in Greece separately and, through a comparison of the policies of the host states and the operation of the political, religious and social institutions of minorities, demonstrates common patterns and discrepancies between the two countries that have previously received little attention.

A collaboration between Greek and Turkish scholars with broad ranging research interests, this book benefits from an international and balanced perspective, and will be an indispensable aid to students and scholars alike.

About the author

Benjamin Fortna is Professor of the History of the Middle East at SOAS, University of London.

Stefanos Katsikas is currently Director of the Modern Greek Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dimitris Kamouzis works on the history of Greece and Turkey at the Centre for Asia Minor Studies in Athens

Paraskevas Konortas is a professor in the school of philosophy at the University of Athens.