Turkey: A Short History - Softcover

'Constantly exhilarating .... However many histories of Turkey you have read, you will never have read one as incisive, combative and sure-footed as this one' - Cornucopia 'Absolutely splendid ... pithy, straightforward, superbly argued' - Country Life 'Arresting ... Stone's Turkey breaks the popular mould and introduces its readers to a place beyond their presumptions' - Sunday Times 'A fanfare for modern Turkey and a vivid, provocative, often funny, always insightful account of how it came about ... If you really don't know why a portrait of Ataturk hangs in almost every shop in Turkey, read this book' - Guardian

From bestselling historian Norman Stone, a deftly told story of Turkey’s relations with its immediate neighbours and the wider world from the 11th century to the present day

Who are the Turks and what role has the empire and nation they forged had on the world stage? Here, the celebrated historian Norman Stone deftly conducts the reader through the complex story of Turkey's past, from the arrival of the Seljuks in Anatolia in the 11th century to the modern republic of the 21st. He brilliantly draws out the larger themes of Turkey's history, resulting in a book that is a masterly exposition of the historian's craft.

Table of Contents

Prelude; 1. Origins; 2. World Empire; 3. Zenith; 4. Shadows; 5. The Eighteenth Century; 6. The Long Defensive; 7. End of Empire; 8. Crash; Epilogue