Europe’s Forgotten Ottoman Heritage

About the Book

This book is a unique guide to the Ottoman/Islamic history of Greece. It wants to correct the negative image of the ‘bloodthirsty’ and ‘evil’ Turk and to show what the Ottoman Empire was really all about! Why is Greece hiding 5 centuries of its history? Whenever the Ottomans are mentioned, their entire rule was ‘barbaric, backwards, and suppressive’. What is true and what is a lie? What is pure nationalistic propaganda and what is fact? What have the Ottomans left behind and what can there still be visited? Dive into this undiscovered and forgotten heritage of Greece!

About the Author

Stef Keris is the pseudonym of Stefanos Kefokeris, who has been a lecturer and teacher for the last 15 years. Stef is a polyglot with a Masters in Political Science. His interest in (Islamic) history of Greece, his country of origin, and other Mediterranean countries got him to work in tourism. After many years of experience he has started organizing Islamic heritage tours to those countries. Stefanos gives presentations about ‘Ottoman and Islamic heritage in Europe’ throughout the English-speaking world as well as the German-speaking countries. He is currently working towards a PhD at the University of Gloucestershire (UK).