Murder in Salonika 1876: A Tale of Apostasy and International Crisis

Stok Kodu:
9786054326525
Boyut:
135-215
Sayfa Sayısı:
136
Basım Yeri:
İstanbul
Baskı:
1
Basım Tarihi:
2012-04
Kapak Türü:
Karton
Kağıt Türü:
2. Hamur
Dili:
İngilizce
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Murder in Salonika
Murder in Salonika 1876: A Tale of Apostasy and International Crisis
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It all happened in 1876, during the Year of the Three Sultans when a Bulgarian girl named Stephana made a journey to Salonika to convert to Islam and was subsequently abducted by a group of Christians. This event stoked tensions, and stirred outrage within the Muslim community. Public protests ensued, culminating in the murder of the French and German consuls by a Muslim mob on May 6, 1876. This Salonika Incident would consequently trigger a wave of hysteria throughout the West and among the Christian populations of the Ottoman Empire. There was fear of an impending massacre of the Christians which would never take place. A diplomatic war of words between the Sublime Porte and the Great Powers, which held the former accountable for this double crime, directly followed the incident.
Through a detailed and meticulous account of this neglected episode of Ottoman-Balkan history, this book aims to cast light on an often distorted and highly misunderstood event which is a manifestation of Western attitudes toward the Ottoman Empire during the climactic years of the Eastern Question.

It all happened in 1876, during the Year of the Three Sultans when a Bulgarian girl named Stephana made a journey to Salonika to convert to Islam and was subsequently abducted by a group of Christians. This event stoked tensions, and stirred outrage within the Muslim community. Public protests ensued, culminating in the murder of the French and German consuls by a Muslim mob on May 6, 1876. This Salonika Incident would consequently trigger a wave of hysteria throughout the West and among the Christian populations of the Ottoman Empire. There was fear of an impending massacre of the Christians which would never take place. A diplomatic war of words between the Sublime Porte and the Great Powers, which held the former accountable for this double crime, directly followed the incident.
Through a detailed and meticulous account of this neglected episode of Ottoman-Balkan history, this book aims to cast light on an often distorted and highly misunderstood event which is a manifestation of Western attitudes toward the Ottoman Empire during the climactic years of the Eastern Question.

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