Perese A Legacy of Change

The Saga of a Turkish Family from Empire to Republic
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3173-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 267 Seiten

Reihe: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Eris Perese’s historical novel tells a Turkish family’s experience of the transition between Empire and Republic. Set between the Balkan Wars and the Second World War, A Legacy of Change follows Aydin’s youth in Istanbul and then his experiences in Europe under Nazi threat.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perese, Eris F.

Perese, Dogan M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- ACKNOWLEDGMENT (page 8)
- TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 10)
- CHAPTER I SHADOW OF A SULTAN'S GIFT (page 13)
- CHAPTER II OTTOMAN RETREAT FROM THE BALKANS (page 25)
- CHAPTER III AFTERMATH OF POPULATION EXCHANGES (page 45)
- CHAPTER IV DESERTION AND DEATH (page 59)
- CHAPTER V SETTING THE COURSE (page 77)
- CHAPTER VI BULGARIAN FOUNTAIN-HEAD (page 91)
- CHAPTER VII FAREWELL TO TURKEY (page 103)
- CHAPTER VIII WESTWARD ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: BULGARIAN COLLABORATION WITH GERMANY (page 109)
- CHAPTER IX VIENNA IN 1943 (page 121)
- CHAPTER X GERMAN INTRIGUE AND TURKISH NEUTRALITY (page 133)
- CHAPTER XI TRIBUTE TO A TURKISH SPAHI (page 147)
- CHAPTER XII LOVE AMIDST THE BOMBINGS (page 161)
- CHAPTER XIII REST AND RECREATION WITH THE WEHRMACHT (page 185)
- CHAPTER XIV WAR'S UNCOUNTED TOLL (page 199)
- CHAPTER XV VIENNA WOODS IN WAR TIME (page 213)
- CHAPTER XVI THE MOUNTAINS BECKON (page 223)
- CHAPTER XVII GESTAPO VISITED (page 233)
- CHAPTER XVIII NEGOTIATED DEPARTURE (page 241)
- CHAPTER XIX PURSUIT OF A DREAM (page 251)
- REFERENCES (page 261)