Symbolic Cretanness: Descendants of Cretan Muslims in Present-Day Turkey

Abstract This article investigates the relationship between second- and third-generation descendants of Cretan Muslims in Turkey and their Cretanness. It takes the public manifestations of and heightened involvement with Cretanness that have recently been taking place in Turkey as a starting point a...

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Published in:Turkish historical review 2023-12, Vol.14 (2-3), p.372-393
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