Model Citizens of the State

Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period is about the history of the Turkish Jews from 1950 to present. By using unpublished primary sources as well as secondary sources, the book describes the struggle of Turkish Jews for the application of their constitutional rights, their fight against anti-Semitism and the indifferent attitude of the Turkish establishment to these problems. Finally, it describes Turkish Jewish leadership's involvement in the lobbying efforts on behalf of the Turkish Republic against the acceptance of resolutions in the U.S. Congress recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

Rifat N. Bali is an independent scholar specializing in the history of Turkish Jews and an associate member of the Alberto-Benveniste Center for Sephardic Studies and the Sociocultural History of the Jews (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes/CNRS/Université Paris-Sorbonne). He is the winner of the Alberto Benveniste Research Award for 2009 for his publications on Turkish Jewry.

List of Abbreviations & Acronyms
Preface
PROLOGUE
1. Minorities during the Single Party Period
2. The Democrat Party in Power
Chapter I: The Democrat Party Years, 1950-1960
Chapter I: The Democrat Party Years, 1950-1960The Democrat Party: Hopes and ExpectationsThe Rebirth of the Islamic MovementRelations Between the DP, Turkish Jewry and American Jewish OrganizationsThe National Election of 1954 and the Minorities Questions Surrounding the Use of the Turkish Language The Events of September 6-7, 1955The National Elections of 1957 and the Minorities The Situation of the Jewish Community During the 1950s Toward the Revolution of May 27, 1960 Chapter II: From the 1960 Revolution to the 1971 "Memorandum"
The Revolution of May 27, 1960The Dissolution of the Lay Council and the Election of the Chief RabbiThe General Elections of 1961The Cyprus Question and its Effects on the Jewish CommunityMinorities and the Citizenship QuestionThe Six Day War and Its Effects The Attempted Arson of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ensuing Reactions The National Elections of 1969: The National Salvation Party and the Birth of Political Islam
The Situation of the Jewish Community during the 1960s Chapter III: From the "Memorandum" of March 12, 1971 to the Military Coup of September 12, 1980
The Effect of Socio-Economic ConditionsThe 1974 "Peace Operation" on Cyprus and its EffectsThe Situation of the Jewish Community in the 1970sEvents Leading up to Military Coup of September 12, 1980Chapter IV: The Years of Military Administration, 1980-1983
The Aftermath of September 12Organizing a Turkish Lobby in the United StatesThe Armenian Genocide QuestionChapter V: The Özal Years, 1984-1993
Relations among Turkey, Israel and American Jewish OrganizationsThe Warming of Relations between Turkey and Israel and the Armenian GenocideThe Attack on the Neve Shalom SynagogueThe Islamic Movement and Anti-Semitism in the 1980sReconceptualizing Turkey's Public Relations Activities: The Quincentennial FoundationThe Situation of Turkey's Jewish Community in the 1980s (1980-1992)Chapter VI: The Rise, Fall and Ideological Transformation of Political Islam, 1994-2003
The Period of Ascendance (1994-1997)The Collapse of Political Islam (1997-2001)Relations with Fethullah Gülen's CommunityThe Period of AKP Rule (2001- )Anti-Semitism and the Intellectual Elites During the 1990s Relations between American Jewish Organizations and the Republic of TurkeySocietal Transformation in Turkey and the Situation of the MinoritiesThe Suicide Bombings of Istanbul Synagogues, November 15, 2003The Jewish Community During the 1990sConclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
About the Author