
Amid The Tensions And Uncertainties That Plagued The Globe Before The Second World War, The Republic Of Turkey Appeared To Many As A Unique And Constructive Model For How A State Was To Be Reformed And Governed In The Modern Era. For Many Interwar Observers, Turkey Was A Country That Seemed To Have Radically Transformed Itself Into A Nation That Was United, Strong, And Progressive, One That Was Unburdened By Its Past. A General Consensus Held That Turkey's Founding President, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Was The Chief Architect And Engineer Of This Feat, A Belief That Placed Him Among The Greatest Reforming Statesmen In World History. This General Perception Of Ataturk And His Revolutionary Rule Has Largely Endured To This Day. As A Study Grounded In Largely Untapped Archival And Scholarly Sources, Eternal Dawn Presents A Definitive Look Inside The Development And Evolution Of Ataturk's Turkey. Rather Than Presenting The Country's Founding And Transformation As An Extension Of Mustafa Kemal's Life And Achievements, Scholar Ryan Gingeras Presents Turkey's Early Years As The Culmination Of A Variety Of Social And Political Forces Dating Back To The Late Ottoman Empire. Eternal Dawn Presses Beyond The Reigning Mythology That Still Envelops This Period And Challenges Many Of The Standing Assumptions About The Limits, Successes, And Consequences Of The Reforms That Comprised Mustafa Kemal's Revolution. Through A Detailed Survey Of Social And Political Conditions That Defined Life In The Capital As Well As Turkey's Diverse Provinces, Gingeras Lays Bare Many Of The Harsh Realities And Bitter Legacies Incurred As A Result Of The Republic's Establishment And Transformation. Ataturk's Revolution, Upon Final Analysis, Destroyed As Much As It Built, And Established Precedents That Both Strengthen And Torment The Country To This Day.
This book investigates the complex social and political forces that shaped the early Turkish Republic, challenging the traditional narrative that attributes the nation's transformation solely to the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Ryan Gingeras, a scholar of Ottoman and modern Turkish history, utilizes previously untapped archival sources to re-examine the interwar period. By moving beyond the mythology surrounding Atatürk, the author argues that the Republic's development was the result of broader historical currents originating in the late Ottoman Empire, rather than the singular vision of one man.
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Experts recognize this work as a significant contribution to the historiography of modern Turkey, noting its success in deconstructing long-standing national myths. Readers frequently highlight the author's rigorous use of archival evidence to provide a more nuanced understanding of the Republic's complex legacy.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191833673
ISBN-13:
9780191833670
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