The Silent Minority in Turkey : Turkish Jews / Rıfat N. Bali.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-568) and index.

I. THE LAST YEARS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE -- 1. The Deportation of French Jews From Izmir (June- August 1915) -- 2. From Anatolia to the New World : The Story of the First Anatolian Immigrants to America -- 3. Jewish Life in Istanbul in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century : The Memoirs of Nissim Benezra -- II. THE SINGLE PARTY YEARS OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC (1923- 1945) -- A. THE TURKIFICATION AND CITIZENSHIP ISSUES -- 1. Politics of Turkification During the Single Party Period -- 2. Turkification's "Model Community" : The Jews -- 3. The Identity Dilemma of the Turkish Jews in the Early Years of the Turkish Republic -- 4. The Alternative Way to Come to Terms With the Past - Those Who Try to Forget : Turkey's Jewish Minority -- 5. The Citizenship Dilemma of Turkish Jews : Court Jews or Middlemen? -- B. LIFE DURING WORLD WAR II YEARS -- 1. The Myths of Tolerance : Turkish Policy Toward Jews Before and During Second World War -- 2. The Difficulties Faced by German Professors of Medicine at Istanbul University -- 3. The Visit by Istanbul Police Director Nihat Halûk Pepeyi to Nazi-Occupied Europe -- 4. The Spoliation of non-Muslim Assets in Turkey : The Capital Tax Law of 1942 -- 5. Nazis Efforts to Influence the Turkish Press During World War II Years -- 6. American Propaganda Efforts in Turkey During the Second World War -- 7. Zsa Zsa Gabor's Report on Turkey During World War II -- 8. An Intelligence Report Concerning Turkey's Situation in the 1940's -- 9. A Document Concerning the Position of the Jews in the Turkish Press -- III. LIFE DURING THE MULTY PARTY YEARS (1946- ) -- A. THE DECADES OF 1950's TO 1980's -- 1. President Celâl Bayar's Visit to America -- 2. Non Muslims and Military Service in the Turkish Republic -- 3. Pvt. Vasil Harizanos, Martyr of Erzurum -- 4. " Why do Jews Hold the Record for Having the Most Millionaires?" -- 5. Turkey's Minorities As Seen Through the Eyes of American Diplomats -- B - THE DECADES OF THE NEW MILLENIUM -- 1. The Istanbul Synagogue Attacks of November 15, 2003 : A Personal Assessment -- 2. The Slow Disappearance of Turkey's Jewish Community -- 3. From Burden to Multicultural Identity : Sephardim in the Turkish Republic -- 4. Turkish Jewry Today -- IV. TURKISH HISTORIOGRAPHY AND MINORITIES -- 1. Historian or Public Intellectual? The Dilemma of Turkish Historians Working on Minority Issues -- 2. The Essential Conditions for Confronting History : Apologies, Compensation and Restitution -- 3. The Situation of Jewish Studies in Today's Turkey -- 4. Researching Ottoman and Turkish Jewry : Obstacles, Possibilities and Sources -- 5. A Summary of Scholarly Works Done on Turkey's Non-Muslims : An Initial Assessment -- V. ISTANBUL AND ITS MINORITIES -- 1. Constantinople, Stamboul, Istanbul.