The Passage from the Ottoman Empire to the Nation-States : a Long and Difficult Process: The Greek Case

This collection of papers describes the transition of the Ottoman Greek community into nation states (Greece and Cyprus). The author explores the relationship between the religious and the national in the Ottoman context. A Long and Difficult Process: The Greek Case TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The historicity of the "national" terms. 16th century — beginning of the 20th c. II. From the imperial framework to the national frameworks, 19th century — beginning of the 20th century III. Cyprus. From the Imperial frameworks to the "Cypriot" framework A collection of articles written at various times on the formation of national identities from the Ottoman empire in the nineteenth century (the Tanzimat period) to the end of the the first half of the twentieth century (the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960)