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Book SynopsisThis book presents aliving history of the Turkish Jews. Author Elli Kohen attempts to combine the patience of the chronicler with the folksy humor of the storyteller, without undermining the presentation of the Sephardic Jews cultural history.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The First Ottomans Chapter 3 Communism Before Marx Chapter 4 Murad II: The Agony of Byzantium, The Dawn of an Empire Chapter 5 Mehmed II: The New Rome: Istanbul Chapter 6 Bayezid II: The Gates of Paradise Chapter 7 Selim I: Conqueror of the Holy Land, Syria and Egypt Chapter 8 Suleynan I: Shelomo Hameleh Chapter 9 Selim II: And the Duke of Naxos Was His Wine Companion! Chapter 10 Safed in the Sixteenth Century: The Kingdom of Mystical Utopia Chapter 11 Murad III: Jewish International Diplomacy in Search of Pax Ottomanica Chapter 12 Mehmed III: A Question of Debased Coinage Chapter 13 Ahmed I: Wondrous Healing by the Ashkenazi Widow Chapter 14 Osman II: The First Regicide Chapter 15 Murad IV: The Conqueror of Baghdad Chapter 16 Ibrahim: The New Pharaoh, His Beard Decked with Jewels Part 17 Notes and References Part 18 Appendices Part 19 Index