This book presents aliving history of the Turkish Jews. Despite numerous historical studies of this time period and its people, includingFarewell to Salonica by Leon Sciaky, the works of the Bulgarian Sephardic author Canetti,History of the Israelites of Salonica by Joseph Nehama,Salonica by Mark Mazower, and the works of Abraham Galante, there are few livinghistories. InHistory of the Turkish Jews and Sephardim author Elli Kohen attempts to combine the patience of the chronicler with the folksy humor of the storyteller, without undermining the presentation of the Sephardic Jews cultural history. It is a book of love for all the cultures that have come to coexist on the shores of the Bosphorus. This comprehensive work explores the early Ottomon period, the Sephardi period, and concludes on the eve of the Sabbastian upheaval. Unique in tone and purpose,History of the Turkish Jews and Sephardim explores the cultural synthesis resulting from the interaction of the various elements co-existing near the shores of the Bosphorus. In style and breadth, this new work complements the existing literature on this historical period. Below are some of the events and stories chronicled in the History of the Turkish Jew and Sephardim: - The mysterious sect of Judaizing Chiones -

Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The First Ottomans Chapter 3 Communism Before Marx Chapter 4 Murad II: The Agony of Byzantium, The Dawn of an Empire Chapter 5 Mehmed II: The New Rome: Istanbul Chapter 6 Bayezid II: The Gates of Paradise Chapter 7 Selim I: Conqueror of the Holy Land, Syria and Egypt Chapter 8 Suleynan I: Shelomo Hameleh Chapter 9 Selim II: And the Duke of Naxos Was His Wine Companion! Chapter 10 Safed in the Sixteenth Century: The Kingdom of Mystical Utopia Chapter 11 Murad III: Jewish International Diplomacy in Search of Pax Ottomanica Chapter 12 Mehmed III: A Question of Debased Coinage Chapter 13 Ahmed I: Wondrous Healing by the Ashkenazi Widow Chapter 14 Osman II: The First Regicide Chapter 15 Murad IV: The Conqueror of Baghdad Chapter 16 Ibrahim: The New Pharaoh, His Beard Decked with Jewels Part 17 Notes and References Part 18 Appendices Part 19 Index