Jitka Malečková is a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Charles University in Prague. She specializes in modern Ottoman history, gender and nationalism, terrorism, and relations between Europe and the Ottoman Empire and has published extensively on these subjects.

• AcknowledgmentsVIIList of FiguresIXIntroduction: Why Czechs and Turks?1 The Return of the “Terrible Turk”1 The Turkish Wars and Czech Variations on the Turkish Theme2 “The Turk” as a Proxy3 The Oppressors of Our Slavic Brethren4 The Turkish Race5 The Longevity of Stereotypes6 Conclusion2 Czechs Abroad1 Getting Ready to Travel2 Entering the Orient3 Backward or Exotic?4 Turkish Men (To Say Nothing of the Dogs)5 Women6 The Turks and Others7 Conclusion3 Civilizing the Slavic Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina1 What’s in a Name?2 The Orient at One’s Doorstep (Safe Even for Ladies)3 Occupation as Liberation4 Czech Colonial Ambitions5 Conclusion4 “Our Mission in Oriental Studies”1 The Founding Fathers of Czech Oriental Studies2 Oriental Studies “as Translation”3 Finding a Voice of Their Own4 Scholars and Czech Society5 ConclusionConclusion: The New RepublicsBibliography Index

Jitka Malečková is a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Charles University in Prague. She specializes in modern Ottoman history, gender and nationalism, terrorism, and relations between Europe and the Ottoman Empire and has published extensively on these subjects.

• AcknowledgmentsVIIList of FiguresIXIntroduction: Why Czechs and Turks?1 The Return of the “Terrible Turk”1 The Turkish Wars and Czech Variations on the Turkish Theme2 “The Turk” as a Proxy3 The Oppressors of Our Slavic Brethren4 The Turkish Race5 The Longevity of Stereotypes6 Conclusion2 Czechs Abroad1 Getting Ready to Travel2 Entering the Orient3 Backward or Exotic?4 Turkish Men (To Say Nothing of the Dogs)5 Women6 The Turks and Others7 Conclusion3 Civilizing the Slavic Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina1 What’s in a Name?2 The Orient at One’s Doorstep (Safe Even for Ladies)3 Occupation as Liberation4 Czech Colonial Ambitions5 Conclusion4 “Our Mission in Oriental Studies”1 The Founding Fathers of Czech Oriental Studies2 Oriental Studies “as Translation”3 Finding a Voice of Their Own4 Scholars and Czech Society5 ConclusionConclusion: The New RepublicsBibliography Index

Jitka Malečková is a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Charles University in Prague. She specializes in modern Ottoman history, gender and nationalism, terrorism, and relations between Europe and the Ottoman Empire and has published extensively on these subjects.

• AcknowledgmentsVIIList of FiguresIXIntroduction: Why Czechs and Turks?1 The Return of the “Terrible Turk”1 The Turkish Wars and Czech Variations on the Turkish Theme2 “The Turk” as a Proxy3 The Oppressors of Our Slavic Brethren4 The Turkish Race5 The Longevity of Stereotypes6 Conclusion2 Czechs Abroad1 Getting Ready to Travel2 Entering the Orient3 Backward or Exotic?4 Turkish Men (To Say Nothing of the Dogs)5 Women6 The Turks and Others7 Conclusion3 Civilizing the Slavic Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina1 What’s in a Name?2 The Orient at One’s Doorstep (Safe Even for Ladies)3 Occupation as Liberation4 Czech Colonial Ambitions5 Conclusion4 “Our Mission in Oriental Studies”1 The Founding Fathers of Czech Oriental Studies2 Oriental Studies “as Translation”3 Finding a Voice of Their Own4 Scholars and Czech Society5 ConclusionConclusion: The New RepublicsBibliography Index