Well-Preserved Boundaries: Faith and Co-Existence in the Late Ottoman Empire: 28 (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies)

"Cappadocia was a place of co-habitation of Christians and Muslims, until the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange (1923) terminated the Christian presence in the region. Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on history, political science and anthropology, this study investigates the relationship between tolerance, co-habitation, and nationalism. Concentrating particularly on Orthodox-Muslim and Orthodox-Protestant practices of living together in Cappadocia during the last fifty years of the Ottoman Empire, it responds to the prevailing romanticism about the Ottoman way of handling diversity. The study also analyses the transformation of the social identity of Cappadocian Orthodox Christians from Christians to Greeks, through various mechanisms including the endeavour of the elite to utilise education and the press, and through nationalist antagonism during the long war of 1912 to 1922"-- Provided by publisher Cappadocia was a place of cohabitation of Christians and Muslims until the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange (1923) terminated the Christian presence in the region. Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on history, political science and anthropology, this study investigates the relationship between tolerance, cohabitation and nationalism. Concentrating particularly on Orthodox–Muslim and Orthodox–Protestant practices of living together in Cappadocia during the last fifty years of the Ottoman Empire, it responds to the prevailing romanticism about the Ottoman way of handling diversity. The study also analyzes the transformation of the social identity of Cappadocian Orthodox Christians from Christians to Greeks, through various mechanisms including the endeavor of the elite to utilize education and the press, and through nationalist antagonism during the long war of 1912 to 1922. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of figures 9 Acknowledgments 11 Introduction 12 1. Ottoman tolerance reconsidered 30 2. Maintaining boundaries: Faith and co-existence in late Ottoman Cappadocia 52 3. The path toward nationalism 85 4. Halasane ta pragmata (Things spoiled) 126 5. Tolerating the heretics 142 Conclusion 166 Bibliography 172 Index 184 "Introduction;,1,Ottoman,tolerance,reconsidered;,2,Maintaining,boundaries:,Faith,and,co-existence,in,late,Ottoman,Cappadocia;,3,The,path,toward,nationalism;,4,Halasane,ta,pragmata,(Things,spoiled);,5,Tolerating,the,heretics:,The,distinctive,case,of,the,Greek,Protestants;,Conclusion" Introduction; 1 Ottoman tolerance reconsidered; 2 Maintaining boundaries: Faith and co-existence in late Ottoman Cappadocia; 3 The path toward nationalism; 4 Halasane ta pragmata (Things spoiled); 5 Tolerating the heretics: The distinctive case of the Greek Protestants; Conclusion