The Balkan Reconquista and Turkey's Forgotten Refugee Crisis William H. Holt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt, William H., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

Muslims--Crimes against.

Muslims.

Emigration and immigration.

Atrocities.

Refugees--Turkey--History--19th century.

Muslims--Turkey--History--19th century.

Muslims--Balkan Peninsula--History--19th century.

Muslims--Crimes against--Balkan Peninsula.

Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878--Atrocities.

Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878.

Turkey.

Balkan Peninsula.

Turkey--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Balkan Peninsula--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The Balkan reconquista and Turkey's forgotten refugee crisis brings together a wide array of eyewitness accounts to provide unprecedented detail on the plight of Muslims during the Russo-Ottoman war of 1877-78 when massacres, rapes, and the looting and burning of their villages led hundreds of thousands of Muslims to flee from Bulgaria into Turkey. The book explores the tensions between Muslims and Christians in the Balkans before 1877, the ethnic cleansing and migration that resulted, the subsequent refugee crisis in Istanbul, and the resettlement of refugees in Anatolia. Author William Holt seeks to understand why these events, clearly important in Turkish history, are so little known in Turkey today. In crisp and engaging prose, he provides a compelling narrative and insightful analysis about human suffering and social memory"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Twilight in Turkey-in-Europe

Bag and baggage

Massacre and expulsion

Refuge and resettlement

Aphasia and amnesia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60781-696-2

OCLC:

1142407880