TY  - GEN
AU  - Kinzer, Stephen
TI  - Crescent and star: Turkey between two worlds 
SN  - 0374528667
AV  - DR576 .K56 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Sivil toplum
KW  - Türkiye
KW  - Tarih
KW  - 20. yüzyıl
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Sosyal yaşam ve gelenekler
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Siyaset ve yönetim
KW  - Etnik ilişkiler
KW  - Silahlı Kuvvetler
KW  - Siyasi faaliyet
N1  - Includes index; Dreaming in Turkish -- Hero -- Call to prayer -- Ghosts -- Kurdish puzzle -- Freedom rising -- Guardians -- Death by earthquake -- Aegean dawn -- Prize
N2  - 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"
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