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    Historical and Cultural Dimensions of The Muslim Cretans in Turkey
    (İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2014) Kouvaraki, Anna; Romain Örs, Ilay
    The main aim of this study is to take a closer look to the community of the Muslim Cretans, their past and their present in Turkey. Nearly 100 years after their forced resettlement due to the Population Exchange how can we still talk about “Cretans” who live in Turkey? In order to fully comprehend the community of Cretan Muslims, one can argue that it is important to look at their history, and examine it in three distinct periods. This study attempts to analyze the status of the Muslim community in Crete, beginning from the time that the community formed during the Ottoman rule in Crete. The first chapter of this study focuses on the practice of conversion to Islam, the language, the daily life of Muslims in Crete and their interaction with Christians on the island. The second chapter revisits the turbulent 19th century where frequent revolts and changes resulted in the decrease of the number of the Muslim community, turning them into a minority. Ultimately, the third and last chapter focuses on the period where the community, after being forced to relocate due to the Population Exchange, kept its peculiar identity in other lands far away from Crete. The bibliography has been chosen in order to cover the unit of analysis; I chose “secondary analysis” as a method of observation, which I further combined with interviews. My trip to Tzunda during the December of 2013 and interviews with the inhabitants as well as interviews with other Turks of Cretan origin in Istanbul were decisive for this study.