Summary
"An exploration of the contemporary influence of the Ottoman Empire on the wider world, as the author uncovers the new Ottoman legacy across Europe and the Middle East."--Amazon.com summary. Full description
- Introduction:
- Sultans old and new
- A historical note: classified infidels
- Turkey: heart of the empire.
- Instanbul ;
- Ziya ;
- The Sacré Coeur ;
- Antakya ;
- Izmir and the Levantines ;
- The Afro Turks
- Scattered pomegranates.
- An empire enriched ;
- Thessaloniki ;
- Hidden synagogues ;
- 1915 ;
- Yerevan ;
- Western Armenia
- Ghosts of Troy.
- Cyprus ;
- Foreign soil ;
- Ayvalik ;
- Thrace ;
- Aegean Turks ;
- Granny Şifa
- Minarets in the West.
- Bridge on the Drina ;
- Missionary zeal ;
- The art of war zones ;
- Serbia ;
- Kosovo and Skopje ;
- Minarets and muftis
- Spires in the East.
- Jerusalem and the West Bank ;
- The hanging gardens of Haifa ;
- Beirut ;
- An Islamic state enclave ;
- Ain Dara ;
- Warlords and Sheikhs
- Memleket.
- Homeland ;
- Fenced life ;
- Conjugations ;
- Minced words ;
- Coffee cups ;
- Return of the native ;
- Exile.