''The Emergence of Modern Turkey'' is a 1961

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written by historian

Bernard Lewis Bernard Lewis, (31 May 1916 – 19 May 2018) was a British American historian specialized in Oriental studies. He was also known as a public intellectual and political commentator. Lewis was the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near E ...

, an expert in the history of

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and

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. The book covers the history of modern

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, from the decline and collapse of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

up to the present days.

*Chapter I Introduction: the Sources of Turkish Civilization Part I The Stages of Emergence *Chapter II The

Decline of the Ottoman Empire In the late eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Old Regime) faced numerous enemies. In response to these threats, the empire initiated a period of internal reform which came to be known as the Tanzimat, which succeeded in significant ...

:Chapter III The Impact of the West :Chapter IV The Ottoman Reform :Chapter V The Seeds of Revolution :Chapter VI Despotism and Enlightenment :Chapter VII Union and Progress :Chapter VIII The

Kemalist Kemalism ( tr, Kemalizm, also archaically ''Kamâlizm''), also known as Atatürkism ( tr, Atatürkçülük, Atatürkçü düşünce), or The Six Arrows ( tr, Altı Ok), is the founding official ideology of the Republic of Turkey.Eric J. Zurcher ...

Republic :Chapter IX The Republic after Kemal Part II Aspects of Change :Chapter X Community and Nation :Chapter XI State and Government :Chapter XII Religion and Culture :Chapter XIII Elite and Class :Chapter XIV Conclusions: The Turkish Revolution :*Select Bibliography :*Maps

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Emergence of Modern Turkey, The 1961 non-fiction books Political books Books about the Ottoman Empire History of the Republic of Turkey Books by Bernard Lewis

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