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Conclusion: Millets, States, and National Identities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Peter Mentzel
Peter Mentzel*
Affiliation:
Department of History, Utah State University, U.S.A.
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The previous essays have presented a (frequently tragic) history of the Muslims of Southeastern Europe. The development of national identities among the Muslim populations has been an important chapter in this story. A recurring theme in the different case studies presented in this special issue is that the ways in which the Balkan Muslim population perceived itself did not always match the perception of the Christian population, especially the nationalists. Likewise, while the non-Muslim population often considered all Muslims to be an undifferentiated mass (usually referred to as “Turks”), the Muslims themselves often had highly nuanced and complex self-perception. While this self-identification included Islam as an important component, Islam was by no means the only, or even most important, aspect of identity.

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The Muslim Minorities
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , March 2000, pp. 199 - 204
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Copyright © 2000 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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Notes

1. Benjamin Braude, “Foundation Myths of the Millet System,” in Benjamin Braude and Bernard Lewis, eds, Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Emipire , Vol. 1 (New York: Holmes & Meier, 1982).Google Scholar

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