Sanctuary of Gazelles

“Some special circumstances led European Jewry and the Ottomans to a kind of solidarity and cooperation against Crusader Christian Europe. "Common experiences and positive memories, intertwined by existing together for centuries, have made Turks and Jews a family that unites them with friendship."

- Halil İnalcık

“The book in your hands brings you together with the neglected important events and dramas of the 16th century.”

- Andree Aelion Brooks (Author-Journalist-Educator)

What was banking like in the 16th century?

How was the Ottoman Empire influenced by bankers?

Why did Suleiman the Magnificent and Selim II give very important titles to Joseph Nasi, such as Lord of Andros, Lord of Tiberias and Duke of Naxos, and follow up on what he would receive from the French King?

Why are there no mentions in the official history about Dona Gracia and Joseph Nasi?

Differences of opinion between Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and Joseph Nasi, and ultimately the choice of Nasi's ideas each time, including the capture of Astrakhan and Cyprus...

Depiction of wars being waged not only on the battlefields but also through financial bottlenecks... The

presence of bankers in the Ottoman palace that the Ottoman chronicles omit little known activities.

From the Pope to Charles V, from Francis I to the kings of Portugal and Spain, from the Hungarian Queen to the Medicis... The magnificent and true story of the relations of almost all the power centers of 16th century Europe with the Ottoman Empire and Jewish intelligence cooperation that is not told in schools.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language: Turkish