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Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds
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My views about the Turkish culture have completely vanished, for a couple of reasons. For one, this book helped me understand the historical nature of Turkey, their composition, and their underlyings as it relates to its culture. The second reason is the mere fact that I had the opportunity to visit Turkey- and what an incredible relation.
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Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey
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This is an excellent book for what it is---but it was not quite what I was looking for. Ataturk is a fascinating individual who dictated wideranging reforms. I wanted to know how and why he came by his phylosophies--other than he believed the church was a huge detriment to society.
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Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History
I bought this book as background reading for an upcoming trip to Turkey. It is a comprehensive and well-written overview of ancient history, from the Hitt... »
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The Turks Today
Andrew Mango is an excellent scholar and his biography of Ataturk is probably the best available so I was prepared to really like this book. The writing a... »
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