Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2004. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. The definitive book on Turkey's history, completely revised and updated. This new edition also includes new photos, maps, and key information on Turkey's new-found prominent position in current global affairs. The Postscript brings the book up to date with coverage of recent developments in Turkey up to and including its bid for European Union membership (signed a Customs Agreement in 1995). Chronology dates from 552 AD to 2004. The authors trasce the rise of Turkey, a country that transformed itself in the twentieth century from an agrarian society to an affluent, prominent republic. They explore its formative past: the Ottoman Empire andf its strengths and weaknesses, the Armenian genocide, the Kurdish struggle still on-going today, the controversial founder of modern Turkey, Ataturk, and new leaders who have broken taboos and ushered in new freedoms, opposd by those of more traditional views. The book is clean, light wear to edges and corners, tight and solid binding, square; pages toned, clean, a few lines underlined in chronology, otherwise unmarked. 395 pages, with Notes, Chronology, Bibliography and Index. 9 x 6 inches.