Sephardi Turkish Patriot - Gad Franco in Turmoil of Ottoman Empire Turkish Republic

This book explores the life of Gad Franco (1881-1954), a prominent Sephardi journalist, then a lawyer and a jurist, who worked relentlessly for the Jewish community's acceptance as part of the national Turkish polity, and for the consolidation of the rule of law.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Aron Rodrigue
Introduction
Part I: Imperial Transitions
Chapter One: Jewish Life in the Ottoman Empire
Chapter Two: Journalism and Activism in Izmir
Chapter Three: The Young Turk Revolutions
Chapter Four: Zionism and Anti-Zionism
Chapter Five: The Empire's Collapse
Part II: The Republic - Promises and Betrayals
Chapter Six: The War of Independence
Chapter Seven: The Republic and its Reforms
Chapter Eight: Jewish Life in the Turkish Republic
Chapter Nine: Kemalism and Turkification
Chapter Ten: The Jewish Community Under Threat
Chapter Eleven: The Journal of Juridical Studies
Part III: Banishments and Departures
Chapter Twelve: Turkey and the Second World War
Chapter Thirteen: The Wealth Tax and the Labor Camp
Chapter Fourteen: Aftermaths of the Downfall
Chapter Fifteen: Who Left, Who Remained
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Anthony Gad Bigio, an architect and urban planner, has worked internationally and served as senior urban specialist at the World Bank for two decades. Subsequently a graduate professor of urban planning, he now advises international agencies and pursues his personal writing projects.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Bigio, Anthony Gad Bigio
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9780761873983
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7398-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Eastern Europe, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: general, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Jewish Studies, Relating to Jewish people & groups, Ottoman Empire;Sephardi Jews;Turkish Republic