Maronites in Mersin through Its Process of Becoming an Important Port City: The Nineteenth and the Twentieth Century

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ŞerifeYorulmazMaronites in Mersin through Its Process of Becoming an Important Port City: The Nineteenth and the Twentieth Centuryhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/BP3A8HXYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/BP3A8HXYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/BP3A8HXYFilizYenişehirlioğluEyüpÖzverenTülinSelvi ÜnlüEastern Mediterranean Port Cities: A Study of Mersin, Turkey – From Antiquity to ModernityCham, SwitzerlandSpringer201893-109The Urban Book SeriesMaronites who are identified as Monothelet by some historians mostly lived in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, and Cyprus. They were recognized in Yohannes Maron’s leadership as a different community in Christian world. A long period following Maron’s death is not known well. During the period of the Crusades, they built close relationship with the Christian World. Although they had lived under ottomans sovereignty following the conquest of Syria and Egypt by Ottomans, they were particularly affected by French cultural and political influences. In nineteenth century there were important changes in social and economical architecture of Ottomans and rest of the world. Consequently, coastal regions with rich economical surroundings and port-town such as İzmir, Mersin, Beirut, and Haifa developed rapidly. The fact that a Maronite church was started out at Mersin in this period indicates the formation of a Maronites community. For different reasons, over the time, Maronites emigrated from their homeland to different countries. In nineteenth century majority appear to immigrate to America and a small number of the community settled in Adana, Tarsus, and Mersin. There are different views about the reason for their migration. In this study, demographical records of Maronites who settled in Mersin were evaluated. Yorulmaz, Şerife. “Maronites in Mersin through Its Process of Becoming an Important Port City: The Nineteenth and the Twentieth Century.” In Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities: A Study of Mersin, Turkey – From Antiquity to Modernity, edited by Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren, and Tülin Selvi Ünlü, 93–109. The Urban Book Series. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Şerife Yorulmaz, Maronites in Mersin through Its Process of Becoming an Important Port City: The Nineteenth and the Twentieth Century, in Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities: A Study of Mersin, Turkey – From Antiquity to Modernity, ed. Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren, and Tülin Selvi Ünlü, The Urban Book Series (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018), 93–109.MaronitesOttoman empireXIX-XXI CEdiaspora