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Turkish History


Here are some books about the history of Turkey:

Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place

By Mary lee Settle

Touchstone
Paperback (256 pages)

Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place
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Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Greece and Turkey

By Bruce Clark

Harvard University Press
Hardcover (304 pages)

Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Greece and Turkey
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In the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, nearly two million citizens in Turkey and Greece were expelled from homelands. The Lausanne treaty resulted in the deportation of Orthodox Christians from Turkey to Greece and of Muslims from Greece to Turkey. The transfer was hailed as a solution to the problem of minorities who could not coexist. Both governments saw the exchange as a chance to create societies of a single culture. The opinions and feelings of those uprooted from their native soil were never solicited.

In an evocative book, Bruce Clark draws on new archival research in Turkey and Greece as well as interviews with surviving participants to examine this unprecedented exercise in ethnic engineering. He examines how the exchange was negotiated and how people on both sides came to terms with new lands and identities.

Politically, the population exchange achieved its planners' goals, but the enormous human suffering left shattered legacies. It colored relations between Turkey and Greece, and has been invoked as a solution by advocates of ethnic separation from the Balkans to South Asia to the Middle East. This thoughtful book is a timely reminder of the effects of grand policy on ordinary people and of the difficulties for modern nations in contested regions where people still identify strongly with their ethnic or religious community.

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New Turkish Republic: Turkey As a Pivotal State in the Muslim World

By Graham E. Fuller

United States Institute of Peace Press
Paperback (160 pages)

New Turkish Republic: Turkey As a Pivotal State in the Muslim World
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The first in a series of volumes that examine pivotal states in the Muslim world, this timely work explores how, after a long period of isolation, Turkey is becoming a major player in Middle Eastern politics once again. In fact, by acting independently and attempting to reconcile its constitutionally secular form of governance and vibrant traditional culture, it is now for the first time becoming positively viewed by others in the Muslim world as a state worth watching - and maybe even emulating. As a result, Turkey's dynamic political scene and new search for independence in its foreign policy, however complicating or irritating for the United States today, will nonetheless ultimately serve the best interests of Turkey, the Middle East, and even the West. Drawing heavily on a range of Turkish and Western sources, this multidimensional, lively, and nuanced volume provides an excellent introduction to one of the region's most fascinating and complex countries and makes a highly valuable contribution to the current debate about Turkey and its place in the world.

The Ottoman Army 1914 - 1918: Disease and Death on the Battlefield (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)

By Hikmet Ozdemir

University of Utah Press
Paperback (256 pages)

The Ottoman Army 1914 - 1918: Disease and Death on the Battlefield (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)
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The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)

University of Utah Press
Paperback (352 pages)

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The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)

By Guenter Lewy

University of Utah Press
Paperback (370 pages)

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