Facts of Recent History

Facts of Recent History Book Description

"The Unionists were nationalist and had great ideals, but the fact that they were a team that could not evaluate themselves led them to failure."

“Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) establishes the Homeland Society in Syria, comes to Macedonia the next year, and runs from there to Tripoli. When his duty in Tripoli is over, he comes to this side again in the Balkan War. "Of course, this situation had a tremendous impact on him and his thoughts."

"After the First World War, Turkish society preferred the War of Independence, not chaos and a new world war."

"The Ottoman Empire was not the only empire that collapsed due to nationalist movements; but neither in Russia nor in Austria-Hungary did nationalist movements turn into such active and armed action."

"The old Arabs on the train we boarded in 1967 said, 'Oh, where is the Ottoman!' "The answer is thought-provoking. We don't know who chased that Ottoman or whether he was chased with us."
"In 1918, in the saddest time of the armistice, the nation was resisting everywhere. But there was no coordination between these resistances. Which political genius would ensure that coordination? However, a commander with military success and positive impressions behind him... Mustafa Kemal Atatürk..."

“The Second World War left behind more living dead than it killed on the front.”

İLBER ORTAYLI

The reasons for the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, nationalist movements, the Tripoli War, the Balkan War, the First World War, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his friends who founded a republic rising from the ashes, the efforts to transition to democracy in Turkish political life, the years when the Democratic Party was in power. A unique invitation to read with bated breath the developments leading up to and 1965, the history of the Middle East, the rise and fall of kingdoms, oppressive leaders and their sons, with the deep analyzes of İlber Ortaylı, the guiding name of Turkish historiography...

FACTS OF RECENT HISTORY is a must-read book for those who are curious about İlber Ortaylı's views on the frequently discussed topics of the 19th and 20th centuries...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 352

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Print Year: 2021

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish