From Istanbul to Jerusalem (Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies)

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Erol Haker's second book on Turkey's Jews is the personal account of growing up during the 1930s and 1940s, when nationalist pressures on non-Turks were at their greatest. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations Foreword I. From Birth Through Primary School 1930-1942 1. My Pre-School Years 2. Nursery And Primary School 1936-1942 3. Our National Environment, Family And Social Life II. The Roberts Academy Of Robert College 1942-1946 4. The Capital Tax Hits The Salinas And The Hakers 5. Robert College, The First Four Years III. My College Years 1946-1950 6. The Freshman And Sopohomore Years 7. Our Group In Our Junior And Senior Years 8. Relations With The Fair Sex 9. The Jewish Angle In My College Years 10. Career Choice IV. My University Years 1950-1954 11. My Stockholm Interlude 12. LSE, The First Year, 1951/1952 13. LSE, Second Year, 1952/1953 14. LSE, My Last Year 1953/54 V. From Return To Istanbul To Departure For Israel 1954-1956 15. Back In Istanbul And Into Military School 1954-1955 16. My Army Days, 1955-1956 17. My Last Months In Istanbul May-October 4,1956 18. Epilogue VI. Concluding Chapters And Annexes 19. What I Learned On Who A Jew Is And His Options As One Annex 1. The Dönmes Annex 2. The Role Religion Played In Defining Who Is A Turk Supplement A. The Gagavuz Turks Bibliography