A full-scale portrait of the controversial founder of the Turkish Republic describes the complex and paradoxical life and times of a man whose high ideals and ruthless tactics transformed his country into a regional power. Reprint.
The Father of Modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
The papers in this volume were presented and discussed at an international symposium on Ataturk and the modernization of Turkey, which was held at Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace of the Hebrew University of ...
This biography of Ataturk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath.
This concise account of the life and career of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881--1938), the formidable "founder of modern Turkey", offers a substantial revaluation of a key figure in modern history, and also an introduction to the Turkish ...
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject History - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: The defeat of Germany, on the side of which the Ottoman Empire fought, in the First World War, the military setbacks, and discontent in the ...
... Atatürk Era, 1923-38,” Middle Eastern Studies 34.4 (October 1998), 44-66. Brockett, Gavin. Happy Is He Who Calls ... Madam Atatürk: A Biography, London: Saqi Books, 2013. Çomu, Aslı Emine. Turks at the Transition from Empire to Republic ...
This book is essential reading for those seeking to understand the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and the part that Kemal played in that process.
In the first biography to be written on Latife Hanim, Ipek Çalislar recounts the life of an exceptional and courageous woman, well ahead of her time, who lived through a remarkable period in Turkish history.
In fact, Nasser said of this book specifically “This has been the most important book in my life.” Besides being of great historical importance, this book, first published in 1933, is also a fascinating study of an extremely complex and ...
A biography of the first President of the Turkish Republic which emphasizes his childhood and early military career.