World History
Ataturk and Turkey. Kemal Ataturk was a Turkish leader who unified his nation, forced colonial powers to leave, and modernized Turkish society. Information on the "father of the Turks".
From the site:
Ottoman sultans ruled Turkey until the end of World War I. A charismatic general named Mustafa Kemal wrestled control of the last remnant of the empire. Greece attacked Turkey in 1921 and 1922, but Kemal led the Turks to victory.
Kemal was convinced that Turkey needed to become a modern nation. He believed that if the Turkish people continued to follow their traditions, they would again be attacked by another western power. By the mid 1920s, the Turkish leader began a modernization program in Turkey.
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World History
Ataturk and Turkey
Ataturk and Turkey. Kemal Ataturk was a Turkish leader who unified his nation, forced colonial powers to leave, and modernized Turkish society. Information on the "father of the Turks".
From the site:
Ottoman sultans ruled Turkey until the end of World War I. A charismatic general named Mustafa Kemal wrestled control of the last remnant of the empire. Greece attacked Turkey in 1921 and 1922, but Kemal led the Turks to victory.
Kemal was convinced that Turkey needed to become a modern nation. He believed that if the Turkish people continued to follow their traditions, they would again be attacked by another western power. By the mid 1920s, the Turkish leader began a modernization program in Turkey.
- Genocide Education Project: Armenian Genocide
This site offers a resource library for those teaching about the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1918. Turkey keeps denying this genocide ever occurred but history can not be altered after the fact by legislative action. What happened, happened. We can look...
- History Of Cyprus
History of Cyprus. This is an overview to the history of this troubled nation. It includes a good summary of the political issues which have caused the island to be divided between the Greek and Turkish populations. From the site: Cypriot culture...
- Twenty-five Lectures On Modern Balkans History
Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkans History. This site has a large number of essays dealing with the most problematic region of Europe. These were all written by Steven Sowards of Michigan State University. From the site: One can't understand...
- Pope Calls Armenian Deaths Genocide
> Was the killing of close to 2 million Armenians by Turks in 1915 genocide? That's what the Pope called it today. Turkey immediately withdrew its ambassador to the Vatican saying that the evidence for genocide is controversial. The Al Jazeera clip...
- Protests In Turkey
Here's a 90 second clip showing the brutality of the demonstrations in Turkey last week. And here is an excellent article from Mother Jones outlining the causes of the demonstrations. Finally, here are several other stories about the crisis...