The Hemshin : History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey

ISBN-13: 9780700706563 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 472 str.

Hovann H. Simonian

Opis

The Hemshin, who live around Rize and Artvin in northeastern Turkey, are the descendants of Armenians who converted to Islam beginning in the 17th century, in a process that took several centuries to complete. This title offers an introduction to the Hemshin people and language, and investigates the community of Islamicized Armenians.

Recenzje

'The book, compiled by a representative group of scholars working in various fields of Oriental Studies, is the first fundamental and highly academic contribution to the study of the Hemshin society in Turkey. It includes a comprehensive range of information on almost every aspect of the historical past, culture, every-day life and identity of the inhabitants of the historical Hamshen region in present-day Turkey.' - Iran and the Caucasus, 11 (2007) 161-166

Spis treści

Part 1: History  1. Morale, Cohesion and Power in the First Centuries of Amatuni Hamshen Anne Elizabeth Redgate  2. Hamshen before Hemshin: The Prelude to Islamicization Hovann H. Simonian  3. The Manuscript Painting of Hamshen Christina Maranci  4. Hemshin from Islamicization to the End of the Nineteenth Century Hovann H. Simonian  5. Ottoman Political and Religious Élites among the Hemshin: The Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1926 Alexandre Toumarkine  6. Interactions and Mutual Perceptions during the 1878-1923 Period: Muslims of Armenian Background and Armenians in the Pontos Hovann H. Simonian  Part 2: Geography, Economy and Architecture  7. Notes on the Historical Geography and Present Territorial Distribution of the Hemshinli Hagop Hachikian  8. Social and Economic Structures of the Hemshin People in Çamlihemsin Erhan Gürsel Ersoy  9. Hemshin Folk Architecture in the Akbucak, Ortayol and Ugrak Villages of the County of Pazar in Rize Gülsen Balikçi  Part 3: Language  10. Homshetsma: The Language of the Armenians of Hamshen Bert Vaux  11. Armenian in the Vocabulary and Culture of the Turkish Hemshinli Uwe Bläsing  Part 4: Identity, State and Relations with Neighbours 12. Some Particulars of Hemshin Identity Hagop Hachikian  13. The Hemshin People: Ethnic Identity, Beliefs and Yayla Festivals in Çamlihemsin Erhan Gürsel Ersoy  14. Hemshinli-Lazi Relations in Northeast Turkey Ildikó Bellér-Hann  15. Turks and Hemshinli: Manipulating Ethnic Origins and Identity Rüdiger Benninghaus

O autorze

Hovann H. Simonian is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science of the University of Southern California. He is Swiss of Armenian origin and is the co-author (with R. Hrair Dekmejian) of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region.