File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_1996/96-11-06.145, message 71


Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:54:23 +0200 (EET)
From: Haluk Geray <hager-AT-hermes.media.ankara.edu.tr>
Subject: Re: the 'millet' system


Jon,

This will be short message. I think i have things to say on the millet
system (?). i am very busy at the moment, but i can send  some ideas soon.
By the way, do you need a general approach or do you have more specific
questions? Bye, for now.

Haluk Geray
Ankara Universtiy, Faculty of Communications


On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 RSTRATTO-AT-ALPHA2.CURTIN.EDU.AU wrote:

>    Hi,
>     This isn't strictly a poco question but I have a feeling that there are
>   some people on this list who may be able to help me. I am looking for a 
>   good discussion on what I believe was called the millet system. This was the
>   political system in place in the Ottoman Empire to administrate the 
>   Christian and Jewish populations. As I understand it, it gave these groups
>   a certain limited autonomy in exchange for heavier taxes than the Muslim
>   population payed. 
>      In case you're curious, I'm thinking of alternative modes of governing
>   'multicultural' societies.
>       Thanks in advance,
>           Jon                                                    (Stratton)
> 
> 
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