The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Atatürk's Turkey

by Erik-Jan Zürcher

Book Overview

The grand narrative of "The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building" is that of the essential continuity of the late Ottoman Empire with the Republic of Turkey that was founded in 1923. Erik J. Zurcher shows that Kemal's 'ideological toolkit', which included positivism, militarism, nationalism and a state-centred world view, was shared by many other Young Turks. Authoritarian rule, a one-party state, a legal framework based on European principles,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184885272X
• ISBN13: 9781848852723
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"