Ethnic Cleansing in Western Anatolia, 1912–1923

Umit Eser is Assistant Professor of History at Necmettin Erbakan University and former Visiting Researcher at Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBaC). He completed his PhD at SOAS University of London in 2016. His publications have appeared in Diyâr: Zeitschrift für Osmanistik, Türkei- und Nahostforschung, Journal of Modern Greek Studies and British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.

• Introduction: Encounter with CatastropheFin-de-Siècle: Gradual Intimidation in Western AnatoliaIoniki Tragodia: Greek Administration in Western AnatoliaZoi: A Survey of Social Life under the Greek AdministrationRoses & Hyacinths: Ottoman Provincial Officials under the Greek AdministrationMillî Hareket: The Formation of a National ResistanceTartaros: Destruction of the Ottoman Co-existenceConclusion: Forging Catastrophe as a SolutionBibliography

Soundly based on exhaustive original research, Umit Eser’s nuanced study of the state-sponsored violence that altered the ethnic makeup of the borderlands of Europe and Asia is essential reading for anyone interested in the upheavals that heralded the end of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the modern Turkish state.