Eternal Dawn - Turkey in the Age of Ataturk

List of contents

• Introduction: Covered Garden


• 1: Fallen Patriots


• 2: The Sacred Leader


• 3: A New National Spirit


• 4: A Culture of Revolution


• 5: Defiance and Submission

About the author

Ryan Gingeras is an associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, and is an expert on Turkish, Balkan, and Middle East history. He is the author of four books, including most recently, Fall of the Sultanate: The Great War and the End of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1922 (2016). His Sorrowful Shores: Violence, Ethnicity, and the End of the Ottoman Empire (2009) received short list distinctions for the Rothschild Book Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies and the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize. He has published on a wide variety of topics related to history and politics in such journals as Foreign Affairs, International Journal of Middle East Studies, MiddleEast Journal, Iranian Studies, Diplomatic History, Past & Present, and Journal of Contemporary European History.

Summary

Eternal Dawn is a readable, narrative-driven look into the development of the Turkish Republic under the reign of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It challenges many existing myths associated with Atatürk's rule and provides insights into the legacies that still define and trouble Turkish politics.

Additional text

Eternal Dawn, which has so many fascinating details that there is simply not space to go into in this review. Overall, the book is a clear-sighted look into the transition between Empire and Republic that dives into the nuances and mucky details that make this such an interesting period in Turkish and indeed world history.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Gingeras, Ryan (Associate Professor Gingeras, Gingeras Ryan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2019
• EAN: 9780198791218
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879121-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Turkey, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General