The Young Ataturk

Author : George W. Gawrych
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857733273
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Young Atatürk written by George W. Gawrych and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustafa Kemal – latterly and better known as Atatürk - is without doubt the most famous figure in modern Turkish history. But what was his path to power? And how did his early career as a soldier in the Ottoman army affect his later decisions as President? The Young Atatürk tracks the lesser covered period of Kemal's life – from the War of Independence to the founding of the Republic. George W. Gawrych shows that it is only by understanding Kemal's military career that one can fully comprehend how he evolved as one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary statesmen. Gawrych also contributes to the understanding of Kemal by presenting a systematic and critical analysis of his military writings, orders, actions, and letters as well as his political decisions, speeches, proclamations, and private correspondences. Soldiering helped shape Kemal's critical reasoning, personal values and emotional intelligence. His experiences as an officer and commander forced him to adjust theories to practices in order to solve problems and make decisions. But Kemal was a natural political leader and his broad intellectual interests and personal studies helped prepare him for political leadership. Gawrych demonstrates that in the last year of the War of Independence Kemal excelled as both Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Gawrych incorporates previously-unstudied Ottoman archival documents and is the first Western scholar to conduct extensive research on Kemal in the military archives of the Turkish General Staff. This book is essential reading for those seeking to understand the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and the part that Kemal played in that process.

Author : Erik J. Zürcher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857731718
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building written by Erik J. Zürcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grand narrative of "The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building" is that of the essential continuity of the late Ottoman Empire with the Republic of Turkey that was founded in 1923. Erik J. Zurcher shows that Kemal's 'ideological toolkit', which included positivism, militarism, nationalism and a state-centred world view, was shared by many other Young Turks. Authoritarian rule, a one-party state, a legal framework based on European principles, advanced European-style bureaucracy, financial administration, military and educational reforms and state-control of Islam, can all be found in the late Ottoman Empire, as can policies of demographic engineering. The book focuses on the attempts of the Young Turks to save their empire through forced modernization as well as on the attempts of their Kemalist successors to build a strong national state. The decade of almost continuous warfare, ethnic conflict and forced migration between 1911 and 1922 forms the background to these attempts and accordingly occupies a central position in this volume. This is a powerful history reflecting and contributing to the latest research from a leading historian of modern Turkey. It is essential for all readers interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, and for an understanding of a key player in the politics of the Middle East and Europe.

Author : M. Şükrü Hanioğlu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400885574
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atatürk written by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the founder of modern Turkey that chronicles the ideas that shaped him When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science—and by the personality cult Atatürk created around himself—would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides the first in-depth look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder. In doing so, it frames him within the historical context of the turbulent age in which he lived, and explores the uneasy transition from the late Ottoman imperial order to the modern Turkish state through his life and ideas. Shedding light on one of the most complex and enigmatic statesmen of the modern era, M. Sükrü Hanioglu takes readers from Atatürk's youth as a Muslim boy in the volatile ethnic cauldron of Macedonia, to his education in nonreligious and military schools, to his embrace of Turkish nationalism and the modernizing Young Turks movement. Who was this figure who sought glory as an ambitious young officer in World War I, defied the victorious Allies intent on partitioning the Turkish heartland, and defeated the last sultan? Hanioglu charts Atatürk's intellectual and ideological development at every stage of his life, demonstrating how he was profoundly influenced by the new ideas that were circulating in the sprawling Ottoman realm. He shows how Atatürk drew on a unique mix of scientism, materialism, social Darwinism, positivism, and other theories to fashion a grand utopian framework on which to build his new nation. Now with a new preface, this book provides the first in-depth look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder.

Author : Edward J. Erickson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472804597
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mustafa Kemal Atatürk written by Edward J. Erickson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustafa Kemal was one of the 20th century's greatest combat commanders. Born in Salonika to a middle–class family, this book follows the life of a great commander who served in the Italo–Turkish War of 1911–12 and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 before taking command of the 19th Division based in Gallipoli during World War l. His sterling service led to his promotion to corps command during the fighting against the Russians in the Caucasus. Following the end of the war he took command of the nationalist forces struggling against the occupation of Turkey, and managed to defeat Greek forces that sought to occupy Smyrna, thus preserving Turkey's territorial integrity. Labelled as the 'Man of Destiny' by Winston Churchill, his services in Gallipoli and the War of Independence were pivotal to the success of his armies. After leading the nationalist army to victory, he established the modern Turkish Republic and became Turkey's first ever president taking the name Atatürk, meaning Father of the Turks, as his own.

Author : Ipek Çalislar
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 0863568475
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Madam Atatürk written by Ipek Çalislar and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is hailed as one of the most charismatic political leaders of the twentieth century, but little is known today about his one and only wife, Latife Hanim. A multilingual intellectual educated at the Sorbonne, Latife's marriage to Atatürk in 1923 set her apart from her contemporaries, raising her to the pinnacle of political power. She played a central role in the creation of a modern and secular Turkey and campaigned tirelessly for women's right to vote. Throughout her marriage, Latife stood beside her husband and acted as his interpreter, promoter and diplomatic aide. She even twice risked her own life to save his. However, after only two years of marriage, Atatürk divorced Latife and she soon disappeared from public life. She was shunned, blamed for the failure of the marriage and portrayed as a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome woman who had strained Atatürk's nerves. Latife spent the rest of her life in seclusion. In the first biography to be written on Latife Hanim, Ipek Çalislar recounts the life of an exceptional and courageous woman, well ahead of her time, who lived through a remarkable period in Turkish history. 'Rich, surprising and profound' Orhan Pamuk 'A daring biography' Independent 'A unique account of the life and times of an exceptional woman' Moris Farhi, author of Young Turk

Author : Austin Bay
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780230107113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ataturk: Lessons in Leadership From the Greatest General of the Ottoman Empire written by Austin Bay and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Muslim visionary, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey. The West knows him best as the leading Ottoman officer in World War I's Battle of Gallipoli—a defeat for the Allies, and the Ottoman empire's greatest victory. Gaining fame as an exemplary military officer, he went on to lead his people in the Turkish War of Independence, abolishing the Ottoman Sultanate, emancipating women, and adopting western dress. Deeply influenced by the Enlightenment, Atatürk sought to transform the empire into a modern and secular nation-state, and during his presidency, embarked upon a program of impressive political, economic, and cultural reforms. Militarily and politically he excelled at all levels of conflict, from the tactical, through the operational, to the strategic, and into the rarified realm of grand strategy. His ability to integrate the immediate with the ultimate serves as an important lesson for leaders engaged in the twenty-first century's great military struggles. He became the only leader in history to successfully turn a Muslim nation into a Western parliamentary democracy and secular state, leaving behind a legacy of modernization and military and political leadership.

Author : George W. Gawrych
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 : 0755651812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atatürk written by George W. Gawrych and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was one of the most significant political leaders of the twentieth century. How did he rise from humble origins in modern-day Greece to become the leader of the new Turkish Republic out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire and go on to radically transform Turkish society? In this book, George Gawrych studies Atatürk's career in detail. He shows the remarkable character of the man: a war hero who considered himself 'baba' or father to his troops with a library of over 4000 books, Atatürk married the traits of the classic military man-of-action with those of the intellectual and theorist. Gawrych places Atatürk in the context of his times to reveal how with these unique character traits he harnessed wider forces of societal change and transformation to set Turkey on a path of secular nationalism, the legacy of which are explored in the text and can be seen everywhere in Turkey today, from the second names he imposed on citizens to the adoption of the Latin alphabet. Attentive, too, to the costs of Atatürk's policies, including the suppression of the minorities of the former multi-ethnic, interfaith and polyglot Ottoman Empire in the name of 'Turkification', the book presents a nuanced analysis of a figure who through force of will and expert manipulation of the conditions within which he found himself, did much to define modern Turkey today.

Author : Stefan Ihrig
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674368371
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination written by Stefan Ihrig and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in his career, Hitler took inspiration from Mussolini—this fact is widely known. But an equally important role model for Hitler has been neglected: Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, who inspired Hitler to remake Germany along nationalist, secular, totalitarian, and ethnically exclusive lines. Stefan Ihrig tells this compelling story.

Author : Ali Kazancigil
Publisher : Hurst & Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atatürk, Founder of a Modern State written by Ali Kazancigil and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principles of Kemalism, E.Z. Karal; the Ottoman-Turkish state and Kemalism, A. Kazancigi; Ataturk as an institution-builder, D.A. Rustow; the nature of the Kemalist political regime, E. Ozbudun; Kemalism and world peace, V.I. Danilov; the Kemalist revolution in comparative perspective, S.N. Eisenstadt; the political economy of Kemalism, F. Ahmed; Kemalist economic policies and Etatism, K. Boratav; religion and secularism in Turkey; the modernization of Japan and Turkey, T. Hayashi.

Author : Yuksel Atillasoy
Publisher : Landmark Management of New York
ISBN 13 : 9780971235342
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ataturk written by Yuksel Atillasoy and published by Landmark Management of New York. This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of the first president and founder of the Turkish Republic.