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Book Title: Sons of the Conquerors
Author: Hugh Hope
ISBN: 1585676411
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Publication Date: 2/6/2005
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Hugh Hope Turkiyede yasayan Amerikali bir gazeteci. Bu son kitabinda guzel bir arastirma yapmis. Henuz piyasaya cikmadigi icin okuyamadim ama konusuna bakinca guzel birseye benziyor.
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With the end of the Soviet Union began independence for a half-dozen Turkic countries, where Istanbul-based reporter Pope has made forays for the past 15 years, traveling in both presidential airliners and faltering taxis. Pope does not organize his trips chronologically, but, rather, according to what he believes are the seven collective characteristics of Turkic peoples. One is the "military vocation" epitomized by Turkey itself, whose military is regarded as the guardian of secularism; a concomitant trait is predilection for the political strongman. None of the new Turkic states is a liberal democracy, and none less so than Turkmenistan, home to a shambolic personality cult devoted to its dictator. Pope's talks with officials are always revelatory of local and international politics, but readers will most value his perceptiveness about Turkic culture when he, speaking fluent Turkish, meets ordinary people. Some of these are Uygurs, the Turkic minority suppressed by communist China, and others are part of the Turkic diaspora in Europe and America. A sensitive presentation of how Turks view themselves and their future. Gilbert Taylor
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In compassion and grace be like sun.
-- Hz. Mevlana (Rumi)
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