Sacred space and Anglo-Turkish relations : the politics of British churches and war graves in Turkey, 1825 to 1976 / John Fisher.

Contents Themes -- Contexts -- British Protestant Life in Constantinople -- The clerical and diplomatic spheres -- Cases of difficulty, danger, and outrage -- Christ Church, the Crimean Memorial Church and All Saints, Moda -- St Helena', the Embassy Chapel -- The Combined Chaplaincy -- 'A national obligation' -- A matter of prestige -- 'Money, time and trouble' -- Acts of desecration -- Haggling over the dead -- God's Acres -- Further Challenges on Land and at Sea -- The Fruits of Schism -- Treading on egg-shells -- Harassed by pinpricks.
Abstract "Illuminating the interplay of religion and British diplomacy in Turkey within a broad time frame, This book explores the religious life of British expatriates in Turkey, and the politics of Anglican and other Christian spaces, from churches to war cemeteries and memorials, as they affected British relations with the Ottoman Empire and then Republican Turkey"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Fisher, John, 1968- Sacred space and Anglo-Turkish relations Lonon ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2024 9780755654635
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