Turkey: A Modern History (Paperback)
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Short Description for Turkey Building upon and updating its twin themes, this revised edition of "Turkey: A Modern History" focuses on Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society.
Full description- Publisher: I.B.Tauris
- Published: 01 November 2004
- Format: Paperback 432 pages
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- Categories: Regional Studies | European History | Asian History | Middle Eastern History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
- ISBN 13: 9781860649585 ISBN 10: 1860649580
- Sales rank: 272,412
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Full description for Turkey
Building upon and updating its twin themes, this revised edition of "Turkey: a Modern History" focuses on 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. Zurcher argues that Turkey's history, between 1908 and 1950, should be seen as a unity, and offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkey's founding father, Kemal Ataturk. In his account of the period since 1950, Zurcher focuses on: the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the thorny issue of Turkey's human rights record; integration into the global economy; the alliance with the West and and relations with the European community; Turkey's ambivalent relations with the Middle East; the increasingly explosive Kurdish questions; the economic crisis of 1994; and the continuing political instability and growth of Islam.
