A scapegoat for all seasons: The Dönmes or Cyrpto-Jews of Turkey.

Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 423 p. CONTENTS: 1. A Scapegoat for All Seasons: the Dönmes or Crypto-Jews of Turkey 2. A Delusional Obsession: the "Dönme" Question 3. Statements by Persons Accused of Being Dönmes 4. The Dönmes in Memoirs and Interviews 5. A Testimony by V. Avdet: "How I Discovered the Truth About My Ancestors' Origins" 6. The Nazis Perceptions of the Dönmes 7. Mustafa Kemal and the Claim of his Dönme Roots 8. The Dönmes as a Theme of Turkish Antisemitism 9. A Recent Antisemitic Theme: The Sabbatean Role in the Armenian Genocide 10. What is Efendi Telling us? 11. What is Really Being Discussed Here, Sabbateanism or the Republican Regime? 12. A Mutilated Translation: Gerschom Scholem's Sabbatai Sevi APPENDICES 1. The Chapter Titled "Sabbataism and Sabbataists" From Seref Mercan's Book. 2. Mehmed Sevket Eygi: "The Awesome Power of the Dönmes" 3. Mehmed Sevket Eygi: "Various Question and Their Answers" 4. Abdurrahman Dilipak: "Bülbül Deresi" 5. The writings of Necip Fazil Kisakürek 6. Gökhan Yamangül: "Dictionary of the Official [State] Ideology" 7. Mustafa Müftüoglu, "A Turkist and a Dönme" 8. Alper Sedat Aslandas-Baskin Biçakçi: "Salonican Dönme" Glosssary Bibliography. JUDAICA Dönme Social history Sabataism Turkish Republic Ottoman culture.