Rıfat N. Bali

Rıfat N Bali is a Turkish independent scholar and writer whose research focuses on Turkish Jewish history, non-Muslim minorities, antisemitism, and social change. A Scapegoat for All Seasons: The Dönmes or Crypto-Jews of Turkey studies how conspiracy narratives turned the Dönme community into a recurring political target. The Jews and Prostitution in Constantinople, 1854-1922 reconstructs a difficult urban history through institutional records and contemporary debate. In "This is My New Homeland": Life Stories of Turkish Jewish Immigrants, accounts place migration beside memory, belonging, and adaptation. An Overview of the Turkish Press Through the Reports of American Diplomats approaches media history through diplomatic observation. Bali's documentary method makes archives and testimony central rather than decorative. A Scapegoat for All Seasons frames the research; "This is My New Homeland" brings voices closer.