Research Catalog

Title

Murder in Salonika, 1876 : a tale of apostasy and international crisis / Berke Torunoǧlu.

Author

Torunoǧlu, Berke.

Publication

Osmanbey, İstanbul : Libra, 2012.

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Description

136 pages : illustrations, plans; 21 cm.

Summary

"It all happened in 1876, during 'the Year of the Three Sultans' when a Bulgarian girl named Stephana made a journey to Salonika to convert to Islam and was subsequently abducted by a group of Christians. This event stoked tensions, and stirred outrage within the Muslim community. Public protests ensued, culminating in the murder of the French and German consuls by a Muslim mob on May 6, 1876. This 'Salonika Incident' would consequently trigger a wave of hysteria throughout the West and among the Christian populations of the Ottoman Empire. There was fear of an 'impending massacre of the Christians' which would never take place. A diplomatic war of words between the Sublime Porte and the Great Powers, which held the former accountable for this double crime, directly followed the incident. Through a detailed and meticulous account of this neglected episode of Ottoman-Balkan history, this book aims to cast light on an often distorted and highly misunderstood event which is a manifestation of Western attitudes toward the Ottoman Empire during the climactic years of the Eastern Question."--P. [4] of cover.

Series Statement

History ; 44

Uniform Title

History ; 44.

Subject

• Eastern question (Balkan)
• Christianity and other religions > Turkey > Islam
• Islam > Christianity. > Turkey
• Thessalonikē (Greece) > History > 19th century
• Balkan Peninsula > Ethnic relations > 19th century

Note

• Libra kitap (Series) ; "Libra kitap (Series) ; 55."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-126) and index.

ISBN

• 9786054326525
• 605432652X

OCLC

• ocn805128879
• 805128879
• SCSB-5788222

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries