Once Upon A Time Jews Lived In Kirklareli: The Story Of The Adato Family, 1800-1934 (analecta Isisiana: Ottoman And Turkish Studies)

Erol Haker recounts the history of the Sephardic Jewish Adoto family, which originally hails from the town of Kirklareli. This is one of the few books to describe the Jewish population of Turkish Thrace. Introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2. THE ADATOS OF KIRKLARELI THE FIRST GENERATIONS CHAPTER 3. MENAHEM ADATO (EL MORAVI) RAISING A FAMILY CHAPTER 4. MENAHEM ADATO (EL MORAVI) MAKING A LIVING CHAPTER 5. MENAHEM ADATO (EL MORAVI) HIS INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY LIFE CHAPTER 6. MENAHEM ADATO (EL MORAVI) HOME AND FAMILY CHAPTER 7. MENAHEM ADATO (EL MORAVI), HIS RELIGION, THE CELEBRATION OF THE SABBATH CHAPTER 8. MENAHEM ADATO (EL MORAVI), CELEBRATION OF HOLIDAYS, HIS LAST YEARS IN JERUSALEM CHAPTER 9. LIA ADATO, HIS YEARS THROUGH YOUNG ADULTHOOD CHAPTER 10. LIA ADATO, WORLD WAR ONE YEARS CHAPTER 11. LIA ADATO, LIFE IN THE YEARS UNDER GREEK OCCUPATION CHAPTER 12. LIA ADATO LIFE IN THE NEW TURKISH REPUBLIC CHAPTER 13. MENAHEM, BARZILAI, AND SULTANA ADATO AS TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS CHAPTER 14. THE CHIPRUT FAMILY CHAPTER 15. THE SALINAS FAMILY CHAPTER 16. THE JULY 1934 ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS OF EASTERN THRACE AS THEY OCCURRED IN KIRKLARELI CHAPTER 17. LIA ADATO, AN EPILOGUE CHAPTER 18. NUPTIALS Appendix 1: The Regional, Township, and Community Background Appendix 2: Biographical Notes Bibliography