Studies on Turkish-Jewish History

The Quincentennial Papers, Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc, 1996

Studies on Turkish-Jewish History: Political and Social Relations, Literature and Linguistics. The Quincentennial Papers (1996), edited by David Fintz Altabé, Erhan Atay, and Israel J. Katz, is a collection of scholarly papers marking the 500th anniversary of Sephardic presence in Turkey. Published by Sepher-Hermon Press and the American Society of Sephardic Studies, this 244-page volume covers topics such as the history of Jews in the Ottoman Empire, Ladino language, and literature. The papers were produced for the 500th anniversary (Quincentennial) of the arrival of Sephardic Jews in the Ottoman Empire after their 1492 expulsion from Spain. The volume addresses the social, political, and cultural integration of Jews in Turkey. Specific areas include linguistic studies of Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) and literary contributions.