Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I From Ottoman rule to modern times -- 1 Jews between Ottoman rule and the Turkish Republic: the Ottoman law and the Jews -- Tolerance and violence -- Jews and sultans -- Social status -- Greeks and Christians -- Communal administration and taxes -- Modern times -- The War of Liberation and onwards: the formative years -- Who is a Turk? The first years of the Republic -- Policy of the unified Turkish society -- 2 From the 1920s to the 1990s -- 1923-1933 -- 1933-1943 -- Varlık Vergisi -- Post-war to the late 1960s -- Late 1960s-1970s -- 1980s-1990s -- PART II Antisemitism under AK Party rule -- 3 The rise of the AK Party -- International politics: relations with Israel and Zionism -- Criticism of Israel -- Political approaches: Islamists -- Leftists -- Nationalists and ultranationalists -- The Kurdish issue -- 4 Israeli military operations and their impact on antisemitism -- Second Lebanon War 2006 -- Operation Cast Lead 2008-2009 -- Mavi Marmara 2010 and the aftermath -- Operation Protective Edge 2014 -- Hate speeches and their impact: Jews and other minorities -- 5 Antisemitism in the Turkish media -- Newspapers -- Books -- Entertainment -- Education -- Daily life -- The discourse of Erdoğan as reflected in the Turkish media -- Jews' responses -- Reflections of awareness -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

This is the first study that examines online anti-Semitism in Turkey. Nefes surveys important historical events concerning Turkish-Jewry and analyses people's online expressions about Adolf Hitler in the most popular forum website in Turkey, Ek?i Sözlük.

Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period is about the history of the Turkish Jews from 1950 to present. By using unpublished primary sources as well as secondary sources, the book describes the struggle of Turkish Jews for the application of their constitutional rights, their fight against anti-Semitism and the indifferent attitude of the Turkish establishment to these problems. Finally, it describes Turkish Jewish leadership’s involvement in the lobbying efforts on behalf of the Turkish Republic against the acceptance of resolutions in the U.S. Congress recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

"An exploration of the many aspects of the current surge in anti-Jewish and anti-Israel rhetoric and violence around the world"--

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.

This book introduces the reader to the past and present of Jewish life in Turkey and to Turkish Jewish diaspora communities in Israel, Europe, Latin America and the United States. It surveys the history of Jews in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic, examining the survival of Jewish communities during the dissolution of the empire and their emigration to America, Europe, and Israel. In the cases discussed, members of these communities often sought and seek close connections with Turkey, even if those ‘ties that bind’ are rarely reciprocated by Turkish governments. Contributors also explore Turkish Jewishness today, as it is lived in Israel and Turkey, and as found in ‘places of memory’ in many cities in Turkey, where Jews no longer exist today.

This volume documents the transformation of age-old antisemitic stereotypes into a new form of discrimination, often called "New Antisemitism" or "Antisemitism 2.0." Manifestations of antisemitism in political, legal, media and other contexts are reflected on theoretically and contemporary developments are analyzed with a special focus on online hatred. The volume points to the need for a globally coordinated approach on the political and legal levels, as well as with regard to the modern media, to effectively combat modern antisemitism.