title: Chapter Thirteen. Crimea: The Major Center Of East European Karaism
abstract: This chapter provides a comprehensive bibliography on Karaites and Karaism. A section on the 'Turkic Theory of Karaite Identity' documents the attempts by certain Karaites and non-Karaites, to establish the Turkic origins and identity of the Crimean Karaite community. According to this theory, the Karaites originated among the Turkic tribes of Central Asia. Another section on 'Travelers' Accounts' is divided chronologically into four divisions: Middle Ages, 16th-18th c., 19th c., 20th-21st c. A 