Mustafa Kemal Atatrk by Ryan Gingeras - 9780190250010

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Mustafa Kemal AtatrkHeir to the Empire\nAuthor(s): Ryan Gingeras\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780190250010, 978-0190250010\nSynopsis\nPart of The World in A Life series, this brief text provides insight into the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk. By the outbreak of World War II, the Republic of Turkey epitomized more than a state bound for better times; it aspired to represent the essence of modern politics in the twentieth century. To contemporaries of this period, Mustafa Kemal Atatrk-the country's first president-was both the muse and the architect of this radical transformation. By the time of his death in 1938, he was regularly compared alongside other luminary statesmen of the post-Versailles era. Outside of Turkey, his name was synonymous with bold leadership and ambitious reform. Atatrk's reputation as a man both progressive and iconoclastic greatly augmented his already lofty status as T.