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"Zurcher's book will make an excellent textbook for students approaching the study of Turkey for the first time, in addition to serving as a valuable aid to scholars looking for a comprehensive, well-written fusion of differing interpretations of Turkish history...This book is destined to remain a standard text in its field."--Lawrence Tel, International Affairs
"...a valuable addition to scholarly literature."--Andrew Mango, TLS
"...a valuable addition to scholarly literature."--Andrew Mango, TLS
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This revised edition builds upon and updates the twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. In his account of the period since 1950, Zürcher focuses on the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the issue of Turkey's human right's record; integration into the global economy; the alliance with the West and relations with the European Community; and much more.
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In the late eighteenth century, just before the upheavals caused by the French revolution, the Ottoman Empire roughly consisted of the Balkans (with modern-day Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and large parts of Romania), Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) and most of the Arab world (with the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria). Read the first page
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In the late eighteenth century, just before the upheavals caused by the French revolution, the Ottoman Empire roughly consisted of the Balkans (with modern-day Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and large parts of Romania), Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) and most of the Arab world (with the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria). Read the first page
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A success story indeed,
By Mehmet Guluoglu (Istanbul, Turkiye) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TURKEY: A Modern History (Paperback)
This book does indeed tell of a success story, of how a fallen empire stood up on its own two, moved forward, and metamorphosed into a modern nation. However, in order to be as objective as possible, this book begins from the 18th century; it then talks about the struggle of independence of the various ethnic groups and protectorates of the Ottoman Empire, including Serbia, Greece, Egypt, Kurdistan (in this part it shows the games played by the West [France and England] and Russia, which shows that this book does not bare a Western bias).It then continues to that period between 1908-1950, which is a very important period in the modern history of Turkey. Once again, although the author shows the success of the Young Turks in this part of the book, writing as a historian, and thus objectively, he presents the not-so praiseworthy facts of this period. The fact of the matter is that Ataturk was truly a genious, but that does not contradict the fact that Armenians, Greeks, Jews and Kurds were expelled from their homes, or in modern terms "conveniently disappeared." The third part of the book tells of a Modern Turkey fighting to deserve the name Modern: democracy, three coups, bid for membership in the EU, constitutional issues etc. This is a great book. And should be part of every University Library.
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Turkey,
By tugce (Istanbul,Turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TURKEY: A Modern History (Paperback)
It tells everything you want to learn about Turkey... And i am sure when you read it you will admire Ataturk ,founder of Turkey, like Che Guera or Martin Luther King.
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Turkey: A Modern History,
By Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TURKEY: A Modern History (Paperback)
Zürcher, professor of history at the University of Amsterdam, has written a synthetic account of Turkey over the two centuries 1789-1991. The book will probably become the standard English-language account, for it is fast-moving, comprehensive, and reliable. By looking at the Young Turk and the Atatürk eras as a single whole, stretching from 1908 to 1950, it offers valuable new insights into a time too little understood. As for the future, Zürcher sensibly concludes that the country's two main problems are inflation and the Kurdish question. At the same time, Zürcher's text reflects the anti-Turkish biases regretfully so prevalent among Europeans. On the incendiary issue of Armenian genocide during World War I, he writes that "this author at least is of the opinion that there was a centrally controlled policy of extermination, instigated by the CUP [i.e., the top leadership]." Without condemning Atatürk, Zürcher knocks him down a peg or two. Here we learn that his rule had "totalitarian tendencies." There we are told that his ideology "lacked coherence and . . . emotional appeal." In another place, we find out that his interpretation of the Turkish national movement "distort[s] the historical picture." Instead of this grudging attitude, it would be more helpful if the author (and Europeans in general) celebrated the Republic of Turkey as a success story and as a model for the Muslim world to emulate. The Turks need that boost; and the outside world very much needs for them to succeed in their bold, Atatürkist experiment. Middle East Quarterly, June 1995
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