Turkish Jews in Contemporary Turkey — Kolektif

The present volume consists of a selection of articles by scholars on the social and cultural situation of Turkish Jews in the last two decades The tensions created by political events in Turkey and or by the Israeli Palestian conflict the bursts of anti Semitism which result from these tensions are some of the many aspects studied in this volume Others aspects such as the cultural life and the cultural heritage of a demographically dwindling community are also studied This book is indispensable for the general readership and scholars who would like to grasp and understand better the reality of a very small community living in a country which for the last two decades has been going through a transformation from a so called secular society into one where Islamist and conservative values are dominant İçindekiler TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS Laurent Olivier MALLET Preface CHAPTER I GENERAL SURVEY OF TURKISH JEWRY Christoph Giesel Status and Situation of the Jews in Turkey Historical Lines of Development and Contemporary Circumstances in the Context of Socio political Transformations Nora Seni Survivance de la Communauté Juive en Turquie CHAPTER II MEMORIES AND REPRESENTATION OF TURKISH JEWS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE Laurent Olivier Mallet Quand le Présent Fait le Passé Modalité et Finalité du Récit de l Harmonie Turco Juive La Communauté Juive de Turquie au Piège des Enjeux de Mémoire Nora Seni Le Mausolée Camondo Restauré Un Lieu de Mémoire Partagée CHAPTER III AN UNEASY COHABITATION LIVING UNDER THE SHADOW OF ANTISEMITISM Laurent Olivier Mallet Jeu Trouble Les Complexes Représentations du Juif en Turquie Yoann Morvan La Vie Juive à Istanbul Entre Post Kémalisme et Néo Ottomanisme Igal Aciman The Apology A Turkish Jewish Perspective Snapshot of an Uneasy Community I Defend Therefore I am Says Survivor of 2003 Bombing at Istanbul s Neve Shalom Synagogue CHAPTER IV TURKISH JEWISH COMMUNITY A SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH Yoann Morvan Juifs d Istanbul Territorialités d une Communauté Entre Recompositions et Dislocations Marcy Brink Danan Love Luck and Long Distances Choice and Change in Turkish Women s Emigration Stories CHAPTER V A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF JEWISH TURKISH LITERATURE Laurent Mignon From İshak to İsak The Birth Pangs of Jewish Turkish Literature INDEX

The present volume consists of a selection of articles by scholars on the social and cultural situation of Turkish Jews in the last two decades The tensions created by political events in Turkey and or by the Israeli Palestian conflict the bursts of anti Semitism which result from these tensions are some of the many aspects studied in this volume Others aspects such as the cultural life and the cultural heritage of a demographically dwindling community are also studied This book is indispensable for the general readership and scholars who would like to grasp and understand better the reality of a very small community living in a country which for the last two decades has been going through a transformation from a so called secular society into one where Islamist and conservative values are dominant Collection of articles 7 in French 6 in English