1st Edition

Greeks in Turkey Elite Nationalism and Minority Politics in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul

By Dimitris Kamouzis Copyright 2021
268 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a solid and critical historical examination of the endorsement, development and course of Greek nationalism among the lay/clerical leadership of the Greek Orthodox minority of Istanbul during the last phase of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the first years of the newly established Republic of Turkey. The focus is on the political role played by the ethnocentric... Read more

Introduction

Part I: Constantinople and Greater Greece (1918 – 1922)

1 The Request of Enosis with "Mother Greece"

2 Venizelist Constantinople against Royalist Athens

3 The Greek Separatist Movement

Part II: Istanbul and the Republic of Turkey (1922 – 1930)

4 From Fugitives to Exiles

5 The "Absent" Constantinopolitan Greeks and Greek-Turkish Negotiations

6 Elites and Minority Rights in Post-Lausanne Istanbul

Conclusion

Biography

Dimitris Kamouzis is a Researcher at the Centre for Asia Minor Studies (Athens, Greece). He has published several studies on the Greek Orthodox populations of the Ottoman Empire/Turkey. His research interests include Modern Greek History, Greek-Turkish Relations, Refugee Studies and the History of Humanitarianism.