Communal Autonomy Of The Jewish "Millet" In The Ottoman-Turkish Tradition
Communal Autonomy Of The Jewish "Millet" In The Ottoman-Turkish Tradition

Summary/Abstract: "The author of this article comes from a Turkish city called Bursa, located in a province which has been the cradle of a number of civilizations and religions, from the pre-Christian era to the present. There are many Christian, Jewish and Muslim structures still standing, now under government protection. Of the 17 church councils, so important for the Christian faith, convened between 324 and 1563, eight were held in Turkey (on currently Turkish territory); of them, the first and the seventh were held in Iznik. Iznik is today one of eight different pilgrimage points in Turkey, and the most important. After the Ottoman conquest of Bursa in 1324, Sultan Orhan permitted the building of the Etz ha-Hayyim Synagogue, which has been in use for over 600 years now. "

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