The Rebirth of Turkey

Chapter 3: FOREWORD

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An engaging portrait of Mustafa Kemal Pasha and the political and social transformation of his country from imperial decline to national reorganization. The author traces late Ottoman structures, the Young Turk movement, the impact of Balkan wars and the Great War, foreign intrigues involving Germany, Russia, and Britain, and contentious episodes such as population deportations and the collapse of neighboring regimes. Coverage includes debates over the caliphate, Arab and minority communities, the role of missionaries and foreign interests, and the emergence of a national assembly that redirects emphasis from military to economic reconstruction.

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FOREWORD

This book contains my own observations and my own deductions from them. The responsibility for them is mine alone. I have never engaged in commercial, educational or missionary work. My interest in the Near and Middle East began with a newspaper assignment, and has continued with curiosity as its motive. This book is the result.

My thanks are due to the proprietors of Current History, New York, and Fortnightly Review, London, for their courteous permission to re-print herein parts of certain articles which have previously appeared in their pages.

Clair Price.