When Greeks think about Turks

Abstract

Introduction: The 'Turks' and the Greek imagination, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos, University of Bristol. How Greeks think: for example, about Turks, Vassos Argyrou, University of Hull. Constructing the enemy: the complexity of stereotypes in children's everyday worlds, Spyros Spyrou, Cyprus College. Symbiosis and diversity among 'Mikrasiates': Towards a more differentiated set of 'Greek' perceptions of 'Turks', Renee Hirschon, St Peter's College, University of Oxford. Tourkokratia: history and image of the Turks in Greek literature, Iraklis Millas, University of the Aegean. Beyond the 'Greek Self' vs. the 'Turk Other': the Rum-Polites of Istanbul, Ilay Romain A-rs, Harvard. Guarding each others' dead mourning one's own: The problem of missing persons and missing pasts in Cyprus, Paul Sant Cassia, University of Durham. Elite journalistic discourse and subversive heteroglossia in Western Thrace, Fotini Tsibiridou, University of Thessalonika. Ethnic Turks, 'Muslims' and the performance of multiculturalism in Thrace, Vassiliki Yiakoumaki, Panteion University Athens. Phantom menace: What junior Greek army officers have to say about Turks and Turkey, Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, University of Wales Lampeter. Politics of friendship, worldviews of mistrust: the Greek-Turkish rapprochement in local conversation, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos, University of Bristol Bi-communal Initiatives and their contribution to improved relations between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Peter Loizos, London School of Economics.