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Turks living in the Aegean islands of Rhodes and Kos under Greek sovereignty have a multitude of problems at present. These can be summarized under various headings such as Citizenship, the Right to Education in Turkish, Free Practice of Religion, Environment of Hatred and Oppression, Foundations (Waqfs) and Protection of Cultural Heritage Inherited from the Ottoman Turks. Greece has been implementing various policies for the cultural assimilation of Island Turks. Part of cultural assimilation policies adopted by Greece was its actions towards cutting off all ties between the Turkish foundations and island Turks, and consequently destroying architectural monuments inherited from the Ottomans...
Dünya üzerindeki denizler bir bütünlük içinde olsa da 50 civarında deniz olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu denizlerin tarih ve coğrafya anlamında en meşhuru ise tartışmasız Akdeniz’dir. Akdeniz’in de en önemli bölgesi Levant’dır, diğer adıyla Doğu Akdeniz’dir. Doğu Akdeniz’in de kalbi Kıbrıs’tır. Elinizde tuttuğunuz bu eser, sadece alışıla geldik tarihi bir araştırma kitabından çok yanlı ve kasıtlı Batı merkezli tarih yazımına karşı, tamamen gerçek arkeolojik, tarihsel ve coğrafi kaynaklara dayandırılarak ele alınmış bir eserdir. Alanında uzman birçok akademisyen, tarihçi, diplomat, komutan ve araştırmacının özgün eserlerini içermek...
Explore the intricate historical fabric that has woven the complex relationship between Turkey and Greece along the enchanting Aegean Sea. Despite their shared geographic proximity, Greece and Turkey secured their independence in vastly different centuries, with Greece gaining sovereignty in 1830 and Turkey in 1923. Their journeys to nationhood were marred by conflicts, casting a long shadow over their subsequent interactions. Both nations, influenced by the passionate Mediterranean temperament, have engaged in a delicate dance of disputes. Their interactions have often embodied the saying "the pot calling the kettle black," leading to a series of missteps that occasionally teetered on the b...
The history of the Holocaust is far from complete. Even with more than seven decades of Holocaust research and writing behind us, there are many specialist topics within Holocaust historiography that have not been dealt with in detail, including the role of Turkey. This has caused the researchers of the Holocaust in other countries to often include limited, outdated, and sometimes incorrect data about Turkey in their studies. Within the flood of publications on Holocaust history that has been rising since the 1990s, and which has maintained its momentum ever since, studies on the role of Turkey remain comparatively underexplored. Selahattin Ülkümen, a Turk, is the only Muslim diplomat who ...
“Ege Adalarının Unutulan Halkı: Rodos Ve İstanköy Türkleri” kitabı, 22-23 Kasım 2018 tarihinde Rodos, İstanköy ve Onikiada Türkleri Kültür ve Dayanışma Derneği'nin İzmir'de düzenlediği “Uluslararası Rodos ve İstanköy Türklüğü Sempozyumu, 2018”'nda Türk bilimcilerinin yanı sıra yabancı bilim kişi ve uzmanlarınca sunulan bildirileri ve kimi yeni makaleleri kapsamaktadır. Kitabın İngilizcesi de “The Forgotten Turkish Identity of the Aegean Islands: Turkısh Identity In Rhodes And Kos”adıyla yayınlanmıştı. Bu niteliğiyle kitabın, uluslararası bir boyutu vardır. Yunanistan resmi ideolojisinin adalarda yaşamakta olan Türkleri, ”Müslüman...
Günümüzde, Yunanistan’ın egemenliğindeki Ege adalarından Rodos ve İstanköy’de yaşamakta olan Türklerin birçok sorunları vardır. Bu sorunlar, (i) Vatandaşlık, (ii) Türkçe Öğrenme Hakkı, (iii) Dini İbadet, (iv) Nefret ve Baskı Ortamı, (v) Osmanlı Türklerinden Kalan Kültürel Mirasın Korunması ve (vi) Vakıflar Sorunları gibi başlıklar altında özetlenebilir. Yunanistan Devleti, Oniki Ada Türklerinin kültürel olarak asimile edilebilmesi için çeşitli yöntemler uygulamaktadır. Asimilasyonun bir parçası da, Türk Vakıfları ile Oniki Ada Türklerinin bağını koparmak ve buna bağlı olarak mimari eserlerin yok edilmesine yönelik eylemleridir. Osman...
This collection explores foreign policy crises and the way the states/leaders deal with them. Being at the juncture of a highly sensitive political zone, consisting of the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia, the Republic of Turkey has been the subject of various foreign policy crises since its foundation. These political, military, economic or humanitarian crises were triggered either by the states themselves or by the NGOs and armed non-state actors. By examining literature in the field of foreign policy crises literature, this volume scrutinizes some of the most prominent Turkish foreign policy crises. Among these, there are protracted crises such as that of Cyprus and the Aegean Sea; a ...
This book offers a sober, contemplative and comprehensive coverage of Greek–Turkish relations, covering in depth the current political climate, with due regard to the historical dimension. The book includes up-to-date accounts of the traditional areas of unresolved discord (Aegean, minorities, Cyprus, the Patriarchate), with emphasis on why they remain contentious, despite the thaw in Greek–Turkish relations from 1999 until recently. It also covers new topics and challenges that have led to cooperation as well as friction, such as unprecedented economic cooperation, energy resources, or the refugee crisis. Furthermore, the volume deals with the ‘Europeanization’ of Greek–Turkish re...