Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Talking about the Violent Past State Violence and Imagining the Nation 1915: "The Heavy Sound of Silence" and Remembering Weaving the Past with the Present Chapter 2: Encounters with the State The Myriad Ways of Pursuing Turkification: The State's Lens Experiencing and Making Sense of "Hot Nationalism" Serving the Nation: Military Service, Citizenship and Being a Minority Further Encounters with the State and "Nation Talk" Chapter 3: Education, Nationalist Politics, and Minority Lives (Re)Designing the Educational Domain: The State's Lens Life Chances and Managing Institutional Hurdles Biography, History, and Unearthing the Past Sociability and Discrimination: Interactions with Friends and Teachers Chapter 4: Remembering Places, and People Remembering Places: Life in Istanbul Remembering Summers on the Princes' Islands Interactions Across the Ethnoreligious Divide Chapter 5: Encounters with Strangers Speaking Turkish and Regulating Surnames: The State's Lens Speaking Turkish at the "Right Places" and the "Right Way" "Living with One's Name": Strategies and Practices in Everyday Interactions Conclusion References Index.