From the Sultan to Ataturk: Turkey - Turkey

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Mango is the author of the definitive biography of Atatürk (2002), as well as an account of modern Turkey, The Turks Today (2004). For 14 years he was head of broadcasting in Turkish for the BBC and later headed the BBC's South European Service and its French Language Service. Klappentext The story of Ataturk ascension to power is also that of the founding of the modern Turkish state. Zusammenfassung World War I sounded the death knell of empires. The last Sultan Mehmet VI Vahdettin thought he could salvage the Ottoman state in something like its old form. But Vahdettin and his ministers could not succeed because the victorious Allies had decided on the final partition of the Ottoman state. This book deals with this topic. Contents Acknowledgements Note on Spelling and Pronunciation I. Sèvres 1. Illusions of Power 2. Broken Promises 3. Turks Fight for their Rights II. Lausanne 4. Western Revolution in the East 5. At One with Civilisation III. The Aftermath 6. Creating a New State and Nation Notes Chronology Further Reading Picture Sources Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Mango, Mango Andrew
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2009
• EAN: 9781905791651
• ISBN: 978-1-905791-65-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Makers of the Modern World; Makers of the Modern World; Makers of the Modern World: Th
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Turkey, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Türkiye / Turkey