In this volume: Editor's Introduction – Jacob M. Landau Ottoman History in the Eyes of Contemporary Turks – David Kashner The Jews of Edirne During the Balkan Wars According to the Diary of a Jewish School Mistress – Avigdor Levy The Jews of Ioanina Between Ottoman Loyalty and Greek Resurrection, 1900-1913 – Yitzchak Kerem The La-Markaziyya: The First Syrian Party – Eliezer Tauber Muslim Nationalism: THE Missing Link in the Genesis of Modern Turkey – Erik Jan Zurcher The "Turkish-Islamic Synthesis": The National-Religious Narrative in the 1980s – Anat Lapidot Islam and Politics in Modern Turkey – Alon Liel The Attitudes of the Turkish Islamic Press Towards Israel – Aryeh Shmuelevitz Tevfik Fikret: A Humanist Turkish Poet – Avner Levi Turkey in the Gulf War and Subsequently – Amikam Nachmani Impression of the Israel's Ambassador to Turkey – Uri Gordon As Seen by the Israeli Ambassador to Turkey: Turkey in the Middle East – David Granit Review Article – Jacob M. Landau Book Reviews Article Summaries (in English)

The essays in this collection have been selected from the works published by Jacob M. Landau in the last forty years, covering Middle Eastern historical events and related current issues. The studies have been divided into the following categories: Jews in Muslim lands; Arabic writings; Ottoman history; Turkish politics; politico-linguistics; elections in Israel and Turkey. The integrating factor is their focus on the Middle East.