When Mustafa Kemal Ataturk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science--and by the personality cult Ataturk created around himself--would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides the first in-depth look at the intellectual life of th
"One cannot understand what is happening in Turkey nowadays without taking an in-depth look at the life of the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In this revised paperback edition of Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography, S?ükrü Haniog?lu attempts to demystify Atatürk and reassess his historical role and the impact of his legacy on modern Turkey."---Lisa Kaaki, Arab News