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

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 Notes to Pages 244–249


be Egyptian, see Joel Beinin, The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Poli-
tics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora (Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1998 ).


Conclusion



  1. Van der Veer, Imperial Encounters, 14.

  2. Ibid., 19.

  3. Ibid., 20.

  4. It was not theocracy or the alleged militaristic and intolerant nature of Is-
    lam that impelled the forced migration and massacres of Armenians in 1915 – 17 ,
    but rather new, secular concepts of nation and race.

  5. See, e.g., Zorlu, Evet, ben Selânikliyim; Baer, “Revealing a Hidden Com-
    munity”; and Eden and Stavroulakis, Salonica: A Family Cookbook.

  6. Esin Eden, Annemin yemek defteri: Selanik, Münih, Brüksel, İstanbul
    ( Istanbul: Ogˇlak Yayınları, 2001 ).

  7. See Elqayam, “Bishulim Shabtaim.”

  8. Dumont, “Franc-Maçonnerie,” 92.

  9. Macar, “Yeni Cami,” 29. The Dönme mosque was closed in 1940 and re-
    opened only in 1953 ; in 1968 , it became a storehouse for the new archaeological
    museum. In 1973 , the Greek Orthodox Church sought to turn it into a church,
    but without success. More recently, it has been used as gallery for temporary
    exhibits.

  10. Maria Lilimpaki of the Organization for the Master Plan Implementa-
    tion and Environmental Protection of Thessaloníki (which then occupied the
    building), interview, Thessaloníki, summer 2003. In memoriam: Hommage aux
    victimes juives des Nazis en Grèce, 88 , 93 , calls Kapancı’s house a Jewish villa; Ma-
    zower, Salonica, City of Ghosts, 400 , refers to it as a suburban villa.

  11. Chasiōtēs, “First After the First and Queen of the Worthy,” the lead article
    in an edited volume published in 1997 to celebrate the history of the city, ignores
    the Dönme role in investing their own resources and serving as the crucial inter-
    mediaries transforming the city and instead praises Belgian, British, and French
    interests ( 23 ).

  12. These conceptions of time come from David Harvey, “Geographical
    Knowledges / Political Powers,” in The Promotion of Knowledge: Lectures to Mark
    the Centenary of the British Academy, 1902 – 2002 , ed. John Morrill (New York:
    Oxford University Press, 2004 ), 87 – 115.

  13. Yurddaş, “Meşru vatandaşlık, gayri meşru kimlik?” 60 , 30.

  14. Interview, fall 2005.

  15. Yurddaş, “Meşru vatandaşlık, gayri meşru kimlik?” 64 , 78 – 84.

  16. See Bali, “Bir digˇer düşman: Dönmeler veya gizli Yahudiler”; Yurddaş,

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