State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey

Benjamin Fortna is Professor of the History of the Middle East at SOAS, University of London.Stefanos Katsikas is currently Director of the Modern Greek Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dimitris Kamouzis works on the history of Greece and Turkey at the Centre for Asia Minor Studies in AthensParaskevas Konortas is a professor in the school of philosophy at the University of Athens.

• Introduction: The Ottoman Empire and After  1. Elites and the Formation of National Identity: The Case of the Greek Orthodox Millet,  Mid-19th Century to 1922  2. Millet Legacies in a National Environment: Political Elites and Muslim Communities in Greece, 1830s-1923  3. Nationalist Infiltrations in Ottoman Thrace, ca. 1870-1912: The Case of the Kaza of Gumuljina  4. A Minority in a State of Flux: Greek Self-Administration and Educastion in Post-lausanne Istanbul, ca. 1923-1930  5. The Politics of Turkey Towards the Ecumenical Patriarchate: The Single-Party Era (1923-1945)  6. A Minority in a State of Hostage: The Muslims of Greece, 1923-1941  7. The Ankara Agreement of 1930 and the Minorities: Reconciliation, Normalization or Instrumentalization?  8. “Tax Me to the End of my Life!”: Anatomy of an Anti-Minority Tax Legislation, 1942-43.  Conclusion

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