The fight over nobody's children: Religion, nationality and citizenship of foundlings in the late Ottoman Empire

New Perspectives on Turkey

Volumn 41, Issue , 2009, Pages 151-179

  Maksudyan, Nazan ^a  

^a Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Citizenship; Foundlings; Modern state; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956346987     PISSN: 13053299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0896634600005409     Document Type: Review

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