Historical Image of the Turk in Europe, 15th Century to the Present: Political and Civilisational Aspects

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The European view of “the Turk” is taken up in this series of articles, which address the representations of Turks and Turkey from the Ottoman period until the present. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Part I: The concept "Turk" from the Ottoman point of view TURK AND OTTOMAN: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THEIR IMAGES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE Part II: A General Outlook A GLIMPSE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMAGE OF THE TURK IN EUROPE: 15th TO 21st CENTURIES Part III: An Italian Point of View: Papal and Venetian Documents THE TURK AS THE "GREAT ENEMY OF EUROPEAN CIVILISATION" AND THE CHANGING IMAGE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND SIEGE OF VIENNA: (IN THE LIGHT OF ITALIAN POLITICAL LITERATURE) THE TURKISH THREAT AND THE IDEA OF "CRUSADING" IN THE PAPAL POLICY OF THE MODERN AGE AS SEEN IN SOME UNPUBLISHED OR RARE WORKS OF LAY OR RELIGIOUS AUTHORS (XV-XVIIth CEN.) Part IV: The Renaissance Debate THE VIEW OF THE TURKS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HUMANISTS IN RENAISSANCE ENGLAND SOURCES AND CONTEXT OF THE RENAISSANCE HISTORIOGRAPHY CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF TURKS TURKS IN ELIZABETHAN DRAMA Part V: 17th and 18th Century British Views 'FOR THE SATISFACTION OF ALL THAT DESIRE TO LOOK INTO THE TURKISH VANITIES': IMAGES OF THE TURK IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND SIR PAUL RYCAUT AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE 18th CENTURY THOUGHT ON THE TURKS Part VI: Image of an non-Muslim Ottoman People: the Jews THE PERENNIAL IMMUTABILITY OF THE JEWISH BODY Part VII: From the Turkish Republic to the Present IMAGES OF THE EARLY TURKISH NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1919-1921) THE IMAGES OF TURKISH MIGRANTS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: FROM "GUEST WORKER" TO A MINORITY THE IMAGE OF TURKEY REFLECTED IN THE GERMAN MAGAZINE «DER SPIEGEL» A POPULAR REPRESENTATION OF TURKEY INTO THE 21st CENTURY: FROM VERBAL TO VISUAL ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS