<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>PREFACE.</strong><em> Claudio Monge. </em><strong>PART ONE. </strong><strong>STATUS: LEGALITY AND CONFLICT.</strong><strong> </strong>1. “I shall not take their churches and turn them into mosques”: The Legal Status of Catholic Churches in Ottoman Galata as Prescribed by the <em>ʿ</em><em>Ahdnāmes</em>. <em>Radu Dipratu</em> 2. An Endless Housing Dispute: Catholic - Muslim Conflict around the Yeni Valide and Arab Mosques in Galata (1693-1713). <em>Kenan Yıldız</em><a name="_Hlk92556475"><strong> PART TWO. </strong></a><strong>PEOPLE: IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION AND RELATIONS</strong>. 3. From Master to Minority: the Genoese of Pera-Galata across the Byzantine-Ottoman Boundary.<em> Padraic Rohan</em> 4. The Latin Vekil and the Vartaliti Family: Local Representation, Intermediary Work and Family Interests in Ottoman Istanbul (1844-1923).<em> Gabriel Doyle</em> 5. Patriarch Maksīmūs Maẓlūm’s Reverse Missionary Entreprise during the <em>Tan</em><em>ẓī</em><em>m</em><em>ā</em><em>t</em> Period: Bringing the Greek Catholics back into the Greek Rite. <em>Anaïs</em><em> Massot</em><a name="_Hlk92556405"><strong> PART THREE.</strong></a><strong> CHURCHES: FOUNDATION AND TRANSFORMATION.</strong> 6. Latin, Armenian, Ottoman: Shared Space and Material Culture in the Catholic Churches of Pera and Galata<em>. Paolo Girardelli </em>7. Notre-Dame Du Rosaire: Insights into the Construction and Contestations of the First Dominican Church of the post-<em>Tan</em><em>ẓī</em><em>m</em><em>ā</em><em>t</em> Period. <em>Vanessa R. de Obaldía </em><strong>PART FOUR. </strong><strong>EDUCATION: NATIONALISM AND MISSION. </strong>8. Italian Latin Catholics in late Ottoman Istanbul: Transnational Culture and National Education. <em>Francesco Pongiluppi </em>9. The Inception and Development of the Educational Activities of the Salesian Congregation in Istanbul during the late Ottoman Period. <em>Buğra Poyraz </em><strong>CONTRIBUTORS’ BIOGRAPHIES</strong></p>