Ethnic Cleansing in Western Anatolia, 1912–1923
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Asia Minor Catastrophe
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ethnic cleansing
Late Ottoman bureaucrats
Ottoman Christian communities
Smyrna
Turkey
Turkish nationalism
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- ISBN 9781399533256
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Greek landing in Smyrna in May 1919 is widely seen as the catalyst of the Turkish national struggle but even during the chaos of between 1919-1923, the diverse peoples of Asia Minor coexisted and created astonishing but fragile infra-national solutions. In sharp contrast to popular history, this book tells the often-overlooked story of cooperation and resistance in a province renowned for its rich and prosperous ethnic and religious diversity in the face of a larger geopolitical struggle. As such, this research demonstrates that even the most contested national conflicts can display a remarkable degree of capacity for coexistence at the local level, a capacity that is all too easily forgotten amid global conflicts today.
Umit Eser is Assistant Professor of History at Necmettin Erbakan University and former Visiting Researcher at Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBaC). He completed his PhD at SOAS University of London in 2016. His publications have appeared in Diyâr: Zeitschrift für Osmanistik, Türkei- und Nahostforschung, Journal of Modern Greek Studies and British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
