About this title: In this major new biography of Mustafa Kemal AtatA1/4rk, and the first to appear in English based on Turkish sources, Andrew Mango strips away the myth, to show the complexities of one of the most visionary, influential, and enigmatic statesmen of the century. Mustafa Kemal AtatA1/4rk was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies' plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan, and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first president of the new republic in 1923, ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Overlook Pr
Date Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN-13:9781585673346ISBN:158567334X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Overlook TP
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781585673346ISBN:158567334X
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group Usa
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781585673346ISBN:158567334X
Description: In this major new biography of Mustafa Kemal AtatA1/4rk, and the first to appear in English based on Turkish sources, Andrew Mango strips away the myth, to show the complexities of one of the most visionary, influential, and enigmatic statesmen of th... read more
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"This is a wildly apologetic and slanted biography of the founder of the State of Turkey. That said, any adult with an outline of 20th Century geopolitics will pretty easily read between the lines. Kemal Ataturk was an autocrat who skirted around the edges of a sort of National Socialism Lite. But, as these are the realities, this is the texture and the framework that makes Ataturk such an interesting figure-a sort of modernist benevolent dictator. Benevolent, I suppose, unless you are a political opponent. Mapping the development of Ataturk's nationalism, which he turned into the idea of Turkey and Turkishness, and managed to foist upon the vast and varied peoples of Anatolia, becomes some of the most fascinating reading in this narrative.
Most probably unawares, Ataturk formulated a melange of history & pseudo-history, fanciful language, and whole-cloth "national character" that echos strangely off of the edges of Irish Nationalism, Black Power, and Naziism, all movements roughly contemporary with his own program.
Mango's biography of Ataturk would generally satisfy the personality cult even now current in Turkey, and generally fails to expose the subject's more monstrous flaws and actions. But after a perhaps slow start it is a genuinely good and lively read, and highly informative. Students of our current Middle East will benefit from understanding the place of the Ottomans and the Turkish state and nation in context and detail."
"I read about Ataturk after reading a book on the Crusades / Ottoman Empire. Ataturk did what no other leader of an Islamic country has done in the region."
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