Model Citizens of the State

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

1. Chapter I: The Democrat Party Years, 1950-1960
2. The Democrat Party: Hopes and Expectations
3. The Rebirth of the Islamic Movement
4. Relations Between the DP, Turkish Jewry and American Jewish Organizations
5. The National Election of 1954 and the Minorities
6. Questions Surrounding the Use of the Turkish Language
7. The Events of September 6-7, 1955
8. The National Elections of 1957 and the Minorities
9. The Situation of the Jewish Community During the 1950s
10. Toward the Revolution of May 27, 1960

Chapter II: From the 1960 Revolution to the 1971 “Memorandum”

1. The Revolution of May 27, 1960
2. The Dissolution of the Lay Council and the Election of the Chief Rabbi
3. The General Elections of 1961
4. The Cyprus Question and its Effects on the Jewish Community
5. Minorities and the Citizenship Question
6. The Six Day War and Its Effects
7. The Attempted Arson of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ensuing Reactions
8. The National Elections of 1969: The National Salvation Party

and the Birth of Political Islam

1. 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

1. The Effect of Socio-Economic Conditions
2. The 1974 “Peace Operation” on Cyprus and its Effects
3. The Situation of the Jewish Community in the 1970s
4. Events Leading up to Military Coup of September 12, 1980

Chapter IV: The Years of Military Administration, 1980-1983

1. The Aftermath of September 12
2. Organizing a Turkish Lobby in the United States
3. The Armenian Genocide Question

Chapter V: The Özal Years, 1984-1993

1. Relations among Turkey, Israel and American Jewish Organizations
2. The Warming of Relations between Turkey and Israel and the Armenian Genocide
3. The Attack on the Neve Shalom Synagogue
4. The Islamic Movement and Anti-Semitism in the 1980s
5. Reconceptualizing Turkey’s Public Relations Activities: The Quincentennial Foundation
6. The Situation of Turkey’s Jewish Community in the 1980s (1980-1992)

Chapter VI: The Rise, Fall and Ideological Transformation of Political Islam, 1994-2003

1. The Period of Ascendance (1994-1997)
2. The Collapse of Political Islam (1997-2001)
3. Relations with Fethullah Gülen’s Community
4. The Period of AKP Rule (2001- )
5. Anti-Semitism and the Intellectual Elites During the 1990s
6. Relations between American Jewish Organizations and the Republic of Turkey
7. Societal Transformation in Turkey and the Situation of the Minorities
8. The Suicide Bombings of Istanbul Synagogues, November 15, 2003
9. The Jewish Community During the 1990s

Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

The book provides an expose of the treatment of the Jewish community in Turkey from 1950 to the present, their fight against anti-Semitism, the struggle for their constitutional rights, and the attitude of the Turkish state and society towards these problems. ... Groundbreaking…unearthing facts and first-hand accounts that unmistakably illustrate how the Turkish establishment blackmailed the leaders of the Jewish community—and through them Jewish organizations in the United States—to secure their support of the Turkish position against the Armenians’ campaign for genocide recognition… The book also offers rich material about how Turkish diplomats and semi-official spokesmen of Turkish policies, threatened both Israel and the U.S. ... This book serves as a valuable case study of how realpolitik in domestic politics and foreign relations distorts the truth, and how coercion by the powerful contributes to the violation of collective human rights. It will be of interest to academics and students of non-Muslim minorities in Turkey, political lobbyists in America, Israeli policy-makers, as well as to the Jewish, Greek, and Armenian communities around the world.