From Istanbul to Jerusalem : : The Itinerary of a Young Turkish Jew / / Erol Haker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Haker, Erol,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (297 p.)

Erol Haker’s second book on Turkey’s Jews is the personal account of growing up during the 1930s and 1940s, when nationalist pressures on non-Turks were at their greatest.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- I. From Birth Through Primary School 1930-1942 -- 1. My Pre-School Years -- 2. Nursery And Primary School 1936-1942 -- 3. Our National Environment, Family And Social Life -- II. The Roberts Academy Of Robert College 1942-1946 -- 4. The Capital Tax Hits The Salinas And The Hakers -- 5. Robert College, The First Four Years -- III. My College Years 1946-1950 -- 6. The Freshman And Sopohomore Years -- 7. Our Group In Our Junior And Senior Years -- 8. Relations With The Fair Sex -- 9. The Jewish Angle In My College Years -- 10. Career Choice -- IV. My University Years 1950-1954 -- 11. My Stockholm Interlude -- 12. LSE, The First Year, 1951/1952 -- 13. LSE, Second Year, 1952/1953 -- 14. LSE, My Last Year 1953/54 -- V. From Return To Istanbul To Departure For Israel 1954-1956 -- 15. Back In Istanbul And Into Military School 1954-1955 -- 16. My Army Days, 1955-1956 -- 17. My Last Months In Istanbul May-October 4,1956 -- 18. Epilogue -- VI. Concluding Chapters And Annexes -- 19. What I Learned On Who A Jew Is And His Options As One -- Annex 1. The Dönmes -- Annex 2. The Role Religion Played In Defining Who Is A Turk -- Supplement A. The Gagavuz Turks -- Bibliography