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A nation between worlds, shaped by empires, tradition, and change.

The Shortest History of Turkey

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2025

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Summary

The world-changing story of Turkey - a country caught between two worlds

This brilliant distillation traces Turkey’s long and complicated history from the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire - the most enduring, and perhaps the most important, Islamic empire in history - to the emergence of the modern Turkish Republic in the early twentieth century and the populist, authoritarian leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today.

Over more than nine centuries of change, Tu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760644659
ISBN-10:176064465X
Author:Benjamin Fortna
Publisher:Black Inc.
Imprint:Black Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 July 2025
Weight:227g
Dimensions:20mm x 128mm x 196mm
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The Shortest History of Turkey by Benjamin Fortna - ISBN: 9781760644659
128 × 196 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Benjamin Fortna

Benjamin C. Fortna is a professor of history and director of the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona. He has published numerous books on the Ottoman Empire, the early Turkish Republic, and modern Turkey. He has appeared on the BBC programs Who Do You Think You Are? and The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors.

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