An enemy old and new: The dönme, anti-semitism, and conspiracy theories in the ottoman empire and turkish republic

Jewish Quarterly Review

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-555

  Baer, Marc David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti zionism; Antisemitism; Atat rk; D nme; Freemasonry; Nazism; Ottoman empire; Racism; Recep tayyip erdogan; Shabbatai tzevi; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890958531     PISSN: 00216682     EISSN: 15530604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jqr.2013.0033     Document Type: Article

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