turkey populations

Armenians in Turkey: Ottoman Armenian Population, Ottoman Armenia, Ottoman Armenian Casualties, Vak?fl?, Samanda?, Hemshin Peoples, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Western Armenian Language
$57.00
Armenians in Turkey. Ottoman Armenian Population, Ottoman Armenia, Ottoman Armenian Casualties, Vak?fl?, Samanda?, Hemshin Peoples, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Western Armenian Language, Armenia?Turkey Relations

Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey (Studies in Forced Migration)
$25.00
I can only echo what the previous reviewer has indicated: this is an excellent overview of the compulsory population exchanges between Greece and Turkey mandated by the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). In addition to exploring the mechanics of the exchange and its place in international law, essays address its long term ramifications in both countries in fields ranging from politics to literature to architecture. Central to most essays is the importance of the transfer and of immigrants in the formulation of Greek and Turkish nationalism.

One might have wished for more historical context than is provided here. The introductory essay by Hirschon notes some major trends but, in my opinion, a more detailed essay would have been helpful. This, however, is a minor complaint, regarding a very useful collection. Individuals with more than a passing interest in the subject might also wish to consider Birtek and Dragonas, eds., Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey, another excellent collection which takes on a somewhat broader but nonetheless related set of questions.

A review of sea turtle nesting activity along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey [An article from: Biological Conservation]
$8.95
This digital document is a journal article from Biological Conservation, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Many parts of the Turkish coastline are important nesting grounds for sea turtles. The aim of this study was to assess the present state of sea turtle populations along the coastline of Turkey, by evaluating research conducted at various nesting grounds from 1979 to 2000. The results of the evaluation indicate that the Turkish coastline is the most important nesting area for Chelonia mydas, and the third most important nesting area for Caretta caretta after Greece and Libya (if nesting estimates for Libya are correct) in the entire Mediterranean. The most important C. caretta nesting beaches in Turkey are Dalyan (11.9%), Kumluca (11.3%), Belek (27.9%), Kizilot, (8.9%) and Anamur (8.8%), while those for C. mydas are Kazanli (24.1%) and Akyatan (54.4%). These sites are classified as ''Nesting Areas of 1st Degree Importance''. Annual mean nest numbers along the coastline of Turkey are estimated to be ca. 2000 for C. caretta and 650 for C. mydas. Assuming that each adult female sea turtle nests three times per season, the annual numbers of nesting females along the beaches of Turkey range between about 500 and 800 for C. caretta and 130 and 300 for C. mydas. Annual nesting densities along the 204 km beach strip, which includes 17 important nesting grounds in Turkey, were 11.3 nests/km for C. caretta and 19.2 nests/km for C. mydas.

Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Greece and Turkey
$29.95
As previous reviewers have rightly said this could only be written by a foreigner (Non Turk or Greek) The author also has the benefit of neither being over simplistic or arrogant. The chapters read neatly into both sides of the religious divide and their own personal experiences with the population exchange which saw Muslim living in Greece deported to Turkey and Greeks living in Anatolia to Greece.

The book covers the various experiences of the two communities in the aftermath of the Turkish war of independence such as the Greeks of present day Ayvalik who wrongly thought their good relations with their Turkish neighbours and non participation in the war would prevent their exchange or the Greeks of Cappadocia who likewise thought their peaceful coexistence would spare them to the Greeks near the Black Sea who actively supported the Russians and had formed irregular gangs to fight the Turks. The Muslims of Salonika who had once been a successful community, well established and diverse, the rural Muslims of Northern Greece who neither had the means nor the willingness to leave their homeland (Where many of them were Greek converts to Islam) and the Muslims of the Greek Isles who so many years later lament the leaving of their ancestral homes.

This book does answer a fair few questions. Only a few years back there was a Turkish model who married a Greek (At one point claiming she had converted to Christianity claiming she was descended from Greeks who had converted to Islam. Then there are the stories I have heard myself of Greeks who converted to Islam rather than leave their native Turkey during the population exchange.

The book also covers the the treaty itself in great detail and its main players.

This is a fascinating book the only reason I give it 4 stars is that it does seem to drag on towards the conclusion of the book.