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Atatürk: Visionär einer modernen Türkei
Atatürk, den Gründer der modernen Türkei, stellt M. Sükrü Hanioglu hier in einer tiefgehenden und differenzierten Biographie dar. Im Jahr 1923 wird Mustafa Kemal der erste Präsident der neu gegründeten Republik Türkei. Als Machtpolitiker und Symbolfigur eines neuen starken Nationalbewusstseins treibt er die Veränderung und Modernisierung seines Landes nach westlichem Vorbild voran. Er bricht mit alten Traditionen, schafft Sultanat und Kalifat ab, orientiert sich an europäischer Gesetzgebung und sorgt für die Gleichstellung der Frauen. Seine Veränderungen brachten ihm den Beinamen Atatürk (Vater der Türken) ein und generierten einen regelrechten Personenkult um ihn.
Der Autor zeigt, welche Strömungen und Ideen den Gründer der modernen Türkei beeinflussten und in welchem historischen Klima er lebte, um schließlich ein Land von Grund auf zu verändern. Dabei blickt er auch auf die Wirkung und Wahrnehmung Atatürks in der heutigen Türkei.
Der Autor zeigt, welche Strömungen und Ideen den Gründer der modernen Türkei beeinflussten und in welchem historischen Klima er lebte, um schließlich ein Land von Grund auf zu verändern. Dabei blickt er auch auf die Wirkung und Wahrnehmung Atatürks in der heutigen Türkei.
314 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2021
About the author
M. Şükrü Hanioğlu
13 books22 followersHe received his B.A. in Political Science and Economics and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Istanbul University. During his graduate years he taught late Ottoman diplomatic and political history as an instructor in the Political Science Department. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the political activities and thought of one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress, Dr. Abdullah Cevdet.
In 1981 he decided to work on the history of the Committee of Union and Progress during the period from 1889 to 1908, i.e. from its foundation to the Young Turk Revolution. Since the CUP was an underground organization, it was essential to use the organization's own papers to write its history. For this purpose he visited Albania in 1982. After examining the CUP papers there, he published the first volume of this project in 1986. The second volume appeared in 1992, to be followed by a third and final volume. Besides the original CUP documents, he has used other archival sources, including those found in the Turkish, German, Austrian, French, Swiss, Italian, Greek, and British archives.
From 1981 to the present, he has taught courses on late Ottoman political and diplomatic history, late Ottoman history, and Turkish political life, at Istanbul and Bosphorus Universities and the Turkish Naval Academy. He has also taught and conducted seminars at Columbia University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. At Princeton he has taught NES 433 (The Near East and the Eastern Question since 1815,) NES 439 (Nationalist Movements from Bosnia to Central Asia: 19th and 20th Centuries,) NES 543, 544 (Ottoman Diplomatics: Paleography and Diplomatic Documents,) and NES 572 (Problems in Late Ottoman & Modern Republican History.)
He supervised fourteen Ph.D. dissertations at Istanbul University, all of them on Ottoman intellectual and diplomatic history. A few examples are: "The Journal Mecmua-i Funun and Its Role in the Ottoman Enlightenment," "Cemaleddin Efgani and His Impact on Turkish Intellectuals," and "Huseyin Kazim and Turkish Nationalism."
At Princeton he has supervised six Ph.D dissertations on Ottoman-Turkish History.
In 1981 he decided to work on the history of the Committee of Union and Progress during the period from 1889 to 1908, i.e. from its foundation to the Young Turk Revolution. Since the CUP was an underground organization, it was essential to use the organization's own papers to write its history. For this purpose he visited Albania in 1982. After examining the CUP papers there, he published the first volume of this project in 1986. The second volume appeared in 1992, to be followed by a third and final volume. Besides the original CUP documents, he has used other archival sources, including those found in the Turkish, German, Austrian, French, Swiss, Italian, Greek, and British archives.
From 1981 to the present, he has taught courses on late Ottoman political and diplomatic history, late Ottoman history, and Turkish political life, at Istanbul and Bosphorus Universities and the Turkish Naval Academy. He has also taught and conducted seminars at Columbia University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. At Princeton he has taught NES 433 (The Near East and the Eastern Question since 1815,) NES 439 (Nationalist Movements from Bosnia to Central Asia: 19th and 20th Centuries,) NES 543, 544 (Ottoman Diplomatics: Paleography and Diplomatic Documents,) and NES 572 (Problems in Late Ottoman & Modern Republican History.)
He supervised fourteen Ph.D. dissertations at Istanbul University, all of them on Ottoman intellectual and diplomatic history. A few examples are: "The Journal Mecmua-i Funun and Its Role in the Ottoman Enlightenment," "Cemaleddin Efgani and His Impact on Turkish Intellectuals," and "Huseyin Kazim and Turkish Nationalism."
At Princeton he has supervised six Ph.D dissertations on Ottoman-Turkish History.
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