Flashpoint Hagia Sophia

ISBN-13: 9781032154602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 166 str.

Brian Croke

Opis

This book explains President Erdoğan’s controversial decision in terms of Turkey’s national, independent and Islamic politics, and as a response to the mosque massacre in Christchurch in March 2019 when his life was threatened by the gunman.

Spis treści

Introduction / Triggering Controversy, 2019 / Nationalism and Religion in Turkey, 1923-2020 /  Campaign for Hagia Sophia’s Conversion, 1935-2020 / ‘Second Conquest’, 2020 / International Reaction and Aftermath / Church, 537-1453 / Mosque, 1453-1934 / Museum, 1935-2020 / Sites and Rights: Temples, Churches, Mosques and Museums / Bibliography / Index

O autorze

Brian Croke is an educator and historian with a special interest in Istanbul’s Byzantine heritage.　He is an Honorary Associate in Ancient History at the University of Sydney and is the author of Christian Chronicles and Byzantine History, 5th–6th Centuries　(1992),　The Chronicle of Marcellinus　(1995),　Count Marcellinus　(2001), and　Roman Emperors in Context　(2021).