Facing the Victorious Turks: How the French Misread the Turkish War of Independence

by Andrew Orr

At the end of World War I, parts of the defeated Ottoman Empire were seized and partitioned by the Allied Powers. In response, the newly formed Turkish National Movement waged a military campaign to win Turkey's independence, eventually leading to the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.

In Facing the Victorious Turks, Andrew Orr argues that French military, intelligence, and diplomatic officials' Orientalism and racism led...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070063777X
• ISBN13: 9780700637775
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 256 Pages