Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography

by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu

Book Overview

When Mustafa Kemal Atat rk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science--and by the personality cult Atat rk created around himself--would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides the first in-depth look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder. In doing so, it frames him within the historical context of the turbulent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151091
• ISBN13: 9780691151090
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"