Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey

by Andrew Mango

Overview

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 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, fast creating his own legend. Andrew Mango's revealing portrait of Atatürk throws light on matters of great importance today-resurgent nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and the reality of democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590209240
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	08/26/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	539
Sales rank:	1,065,145
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Andrew Mango was born in Istanbul. He wrote his first article on Turkey for the Political Quarterly in 1957. Since then he has published dozens of articles, as well as two general introductions to Turkey. He is the author, most recently, of Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role (1994).