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German Jewish intellectuals' diaspora in Turkey: 1933-55 (1).

From: The Historian  |  Date: 9/22/2007  |  Author: Reisman, Arnold

THE ANTI-SEMITISM OF NAZI GERMANY prompted Jewish people to seek refuge in numerous places. Among the least known was Turkey, which welcomed highly educated emigres in the hopes of transforming Turkish higher education. These hopes were realized. No other act served republican Turkey's founding fathers' vision of modernizing and westernizing Turkish society more than the development of the country's universities. (2) Without a doubt, the total impact on Turkey's higher education was ...

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