Prologue Introduction I. Becoming a Minority in Our Post-Ottoman Hometown 1. The Sultan’s Last Visit to Rumeli 2. The Home City of Üsküp (Skopje) between the World Wars 3. Three Strikes: World War II, Communism, State Terrorism II. Taking the Plunge to a New Homeland 4. The Imperial City of Istanbul on a Downward Doze 5. The Hometown Association in Istanbul in the Early Years 6. The Rumeli Turks Grow in a Time of Coups 7. The Rumeli Turks Reach Out 8. The Rumeli Turks Deepen Epilogue
Since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, approximately two-and-a-half million Muslims living in the Balkans have been forced from their homes.
Frances Trix is professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Indiana University. She has published numerous books and edited collections, including Albanians in Michigan (2001) and The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb (2009).
The manuscript stands as a unique contribution to the social and
cultural history of modern Turkey and Yugoslavia. The book also
deserves attention for understanding the transformation of
multicultural social life in Macedonia and Kosovo. All in all, [it]
offers the reader a colourful, detailed and sophisticated survey,
which could shed light on the current debates on migration and
integration in Turkey as well.
*European Review of History*
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