Open AccessBook Review: Ryan Gingeras, Eternal Dawn: Turkey in the Age of Atatürk, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Author(s) -
Evren Altinkaş
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new trends in social and liberal sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2469-4002
DOI - 10.24819/netsol2021.08
Subject(s) - turkish republic , ottoman empire , turkish , politics , state (computer science) , the republic , nationalism , ancient history , classics , period (music) , history , economic history , political science , law , art , philosophy , theology , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , aesthetics
This book analyses the transformation from the late Ottoman period to the modern Republic of Turkey with a focus on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the reforms implemented during the early years of the republic. The book familiarizes the readers with the political, social and economic transformation of the country by focusing on specific cases and examples with a comprehensive historical background. Gingeras focuses on the historical background of major topics (e.g. Reforms, Kurdish Revolts, Turkish Nationalism etc.) in the early Republic of Turkey and connects them with the developments in the late Ottoman Empire. This book is different from previous works because it emphasizes the relations between the new state and the people in Anatolia.