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Turkey, write journalists Nicole and Hugh Pope in this well-made

narrative history, is a land that defies easy categorization, a

melange of elements "European, Western, Eastern, Islamic,

fascistic, anarchic" that has always been something of an enigma to

outsiders. After decades of stagnation, it is now emerging as a

nation of central importance in Eurasian geopolitics, as it was in

the days of the Ottoman Empire. The authors describe the growth of

the modern Turkish state in the aftermath of World War I, when that

empire, defeated by the Allied powers, splintered into some 30

independent states. Led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his so-called

Young Turks, the postwar state sought to curb the growth of Islamic

fundamentalism, to introduce some measure of democracy into a

formerly autocratic system, and to secure a place for Turkey in the

constellation of world powers. They were only partly successful;

Atatürk, the authors contend, "led Turkey on the path of

Westernization, but left it stranded half-way to full

democratization because, deep down, he was not a democrat." Now,

after years of military rule, the Turkish government is making

efforts both to continue that democratization and to secure

influence among the emerging Central Asian republics of the former

Soviet Union. The nation, the authors write, is now the arena of

conflict between left and right, fundamentalist and secularist,

nationalist and cosmopolitan: it stands at a crossroads both

political and historical. Westerners, they suggest, would do well

to pay closer attention to Turkish affairs, and their book is a

fine contribution toward that end. --Gregory McNamee --This text

refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Nicole Pope has worked for the Red Cross in Iraq and Lebanon and

currently reports for Le Monde and international radio stations in

Turkey. Hugh Pope read Persian and Arabic at Oxford, and has

reported for the Independent, Los Angeles Times, BBC, and Reuters.

He currently runs the news bureau in Istanbul for the Wall Street

Journal. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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In this work, the authors offer a picture of 20th-century

Turkey and its formative past: the strengths and weaknesses of the

Ottomans, the Armenian tragedy, the Kurdish struggle, and the

controversial legacy of the brilliant but autocratic founder of the

Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. They also examine the new leaders

such as the late Turgut Ozal and Tansu Ciller, who broke taboos,

ushered in new freedoms and led their formerly introverted country

onto the international stage. Lastly, they explain how the new

Islamist-led government constitutes not a revolution but perhaps a

fresh synthesis with the past.