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Crescent and star, Turkey between two worlds, Stephen Kinzer

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crescent and star

Oclc number

45963170

Responsibility statement

Stephen Kinzer

Sub title

Turkey between two worlds

Summary

For centuries few terrors were more vivid in the West than fear of "the Turk", and many people still think of Turkey as repressive, wild, and dangerous. Crescent and Star is Stephen Kinzer's compelling report on the truth about this nation of contradictions - posed between Europe and Asia, caught between the glories of its Ottoman past and its hopes for a democratic future, between the dominance of its army and the needs of its civilian citizens, between its secular expectations and its Muslim traditions. Will this vibrant country succeed in becoming a great democratic state? This book makes it clear why Turkey is posed to become "the most audacious nation of the twenty-first century."

Table Of Contents

Dreaming in Turkish -- Hero -- Call to prayer -- Ghosts -- Kurdish puzzle -- Freedom rising -- Guardians -- Death by earthquake -- Aegean dawn -- Prize

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