The Dönme. Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks

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Conclusion 

Today Thessaloníkan city maps mark the Dönme mosque as the former
municipal art gallery, or as an archaeological museum. Tourist maps pro-
duced by the municipality do not mark the building at all; in fact, the keys
of these maps do not mark any Ottoman buildings. Acknowledgement of
the Dönme-built structure reappears only in contemporary tourist maps
produced by members of the two religious groups from which the Dönme
emerged: Jews and Muslims. A recent version of the Jewish-owned Molho


figure c.1 Entrance to the New Mosque in Thessaloníki. Photo by author.

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