Antioch's Last Heirs: The Hatay Greek Orthodox Community between Greece, Syria and Turkey
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Date
2022-10-01Source Title
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Print ISSN
0307-0131
Electronic ISSN
1749-625X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Volume
46
Issue
2
Pages
263 - 279
Language
English
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Abstract
This study explores the identity dynamics of the Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox community of the Hatay province of Turkey. Citizens of Turkey, members of the Greek Orthodox church and Arabic speakers, members of this small but historic community stood at the crossroads of three nationalisms: Greek, Syrian and Turkish. Following the urbanization waves that swept through the Turkish countryside since the 1950s, thousands of Hatay Greek Orthodox moved to Istanbul and were given the chance to integrate with the Greek minority there. The case of the Hatay Greek Orthodox community points to the resilience of millet-based identities, more than a century after the demise of the Ottoman Empire. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham.