
This revised edition builds upon & updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world & the modernization of state & society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, & the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Zurcher argues that Turkey's history between 1908 & 1950 should be seen as a unity, & offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkey's foundling father, Kemal Ataturk. In his account of the period since 1950, Zurcher focuses on the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the thorny issue of Turkey's human right's record; integration into the global economy; the alliance with the West & relations with the European Community; Turkey's ambivalent relations with the Middle East; the increasingly explosive Kurdish question; the worst economic crisis in 15 years in 1994; & the continuing political instability & growth of Islam.