Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires - Persia, Rome, Byzantium - before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. This title offers an account of the region from prehistory right up to this day.
Despite his many faults, the late Pre- sident Sukarno of Indonesia was one of the great leaders of this century and his book Indonesia: Accuses! (which now appears in English for the first time) is an important contribution to history.
Atatürk by Jorge G. Blanco Villalta and William Campbell presents an insightful biographical study of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the modern Turkish Republic. The book traces Atatürk’s early life, military career, and rise to national leadership during the Turkish War of Independence. It highlights his transformative reforms that reshaped Turkey into a secular, modern nat…