RT Book
T1 The Balkan reconquista and Turkey's forgotten refugee crisis
A1 Holt, William H. 1979-
LA English
PP Salt Lake City
PB The University of Utah Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1663929432
AB Twilight in Turkey-in-Europe -- Bag and baggage -- Massacre and expulsion -- Refuge and resettlement -- Aphasia and amnesia.
AB "Balkan Reconquista and the End of Turkey-in-Europe brings together a wide array of eyewitness accounts to provide unprecedented detail on the plight of Muslims during the Russo-Ottoman war of 1877-78 when massacres, rapes, and the looting and burning of their villages led hundreds of thousands of Muslims to flee from Bulgaria into Turkey. The book explores the tensions between Muslims and Christians in the Balkans before 1877, the ethnic cleansing and migration that resulted, the subsequent refugee crisis in Istanbul, and the resettlement of refugees in Anatolia. Author William Holt seeks to understand why these events, clearly important in Turkish history, are so little known in Turkey today. In crisp and engaging prose, he provides a compelling narrative and insightful analysis about human suffering and social memory"--Provided by publisher
NO Includes bibliographical references index
CN DR573
SN 978-1-60781-695-9
K1 Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 : Atrocities
K1 Muslims : Crimes against : Balkan Peninsula
K1 Muslims : Balkan Peninsula : History : 19th century
K1 Muslims : Turkey : History : 19th century
K1 Refugees : Turkey : History : 19th century
K1 Turkey : Emigration and immigration : History : 19th century
K1 Balkan Peninsula : Emigration and immigration : History : 19th century