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In the first two decades after World War II, social scientists heralded Turkey as an exemplar of a "modernizing" nation in the Western mold. Images ... More

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This ethnographic study of a local school system in Turkey illuminates the dynamic interplay between politics, society, and education.

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Drawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to ... More

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Turkey is famed for a history of tolerance toward minorities, and there is a growing nostalgia for the "Ottoman mosaic." In this richly detailed ... More

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The Ottomans ruled much of the Arab World for four centuries. Bruce Masters's work surveys this period, emphasizing the cultural and social changes ... More

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Prividing an insight to the broad, contemporary appeal to Islam in Turkey, this book examines why some Muslims hold radical views.

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A history of American prejudice towards Turks in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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When the Kurds came to the world's attention in April 1991, trapped in the mountains between Iraq and Turkey, Texas author/photographer Mary Ann ... More

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Examines contemporary identities in a region of Turkey's eastern Black Sea coast.

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For the first time, the continuity of Ottoman culture in contemporary Turkey is discussed, by a group of well-known scholars of Ottoman-Turkish ... More

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"Fragments of Culture "explores the evolving modern daily life of Turkey. Through analyses of language, folklore, film, satirical humor, the ... More

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Writing from within the cultural landscape of modern Turkey, "Fragments of Culture" presents exciting new writing on the everyday, providing a ... More

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Pan-Turkism has had varied fortunes in the 20th century. It has played a continuing role, at times of great significance, in the internal politics of ... More

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This book examines some of the most pressing issues facing the Turkish political establishment, in particular the issues of political Islam, and ... More

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This is a detailed account and an excellent narrative history of the often neglected period 1906-1908 in Turkey, in which the prelude and aftermath ... More

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In 2005 the European Commission and the Turkish government started their investigation of the adaptation of Turkish legislation to European law. But ... More

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A compellingly readable account of Turkey and its people by acclaimed author, Hugh Pope Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire following World ... More

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An historical and social exploration of the Ottoman Empire, one of the most powerful empires in history and the heart of the modern Middle East.

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"The city was the fundamental social institution of Greek and Roman culture. More than the sack of Rome, the abandonment of provincial towns ... More

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