İzmir Rum or Izmir Greeks? -- Infidel İzmir or Turkish Izmir? -- "The flower of the Levant" -- Claims made İzmir -- The meaning of İzmir to the porte -- The governance of İzmir -- The social order disrupted, 1770 to the 1820s -- Struggle for legitimacy : Egypt, Russia and Balkans -- Fires and epidemics -- The city as an organic whole -- The unified urban space -- Greeks and Turks amid economic vitality -- Newspapers and other publications -- Education -- Social clubs -- Hospitals -- Centralizing reforms -- Elements of centralization -- Impact of unrest on the İzmir Greeks -- Strengthening interaction, increasing control -- Greek Turkish property relations -- Social interaction among common people -- Ottoman attempts to stimulate political -- Loyalty -- Local government and the İzmir Greeks -- Urban development and social order of the city -- Commercial life -- The breakdown of order.
Summary:
"This book aims to reveal communal relations in İzmir/Smyrna through the lens of Greek-Turkish relations during the age of Ottoman reforms. The primary sources used in this book, Ottoman-Turkish archival material and Greek newspapers of the period, demonstrate that these reforms did not disturb the social cohesion of İzmir, a city with a unique vibrancy that had been produced over many centuries. The historical evidence also indicates that the Ottoman Empire did not attempt to mould social relations in İzmir, instead benefited from the city's pre-existing socio-cultural and economic norms, which were well suited to its modernization program. It uncovers the dynamics of coexistence and communal relations before being brought to an abrupt halt by the formation of the modern nation-states"-- Provided by publisher.
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