Loading...

Memorable Encounters with Atatürk

by Gönül Bakay (Volume editor) Leyla Pekcan (Volume editor)
©2017 Monographs 242 Pages

Summary

The book is a collection of memoirs related to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The recollections of 27 people who met Atatürk in person reflect the environment in which they grew up. The accounts of their childhood during the founding period of the Turkish Republic provide a wealth of information enabling historians to reconstruct how the perception of Atatürk was transformed during a time of profound political change.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the editors
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface: Charismatic Leader in Memories (Zafer Toprak)
  • List of Illustrations
  • About the Editors
  • About the Interviewees
  • IntroductionMemories of Atatürk
  • The Accounts
  • “If anything happens to that child, I won’t be able to live any longer!” (Ülkü Adatepe)
  • “Work very hard, be successful in life, love your country” (Zeynep Altar)
  • I Interpreted for Atatürk (Berceste Anter)
  • He Was a Role Model for All with His Attire and His Stance (Korkut Arıkoğlu)
  • The Child that Caused Atatürk to Drink His Raki Without Any Chickpeas (Hanri Benazus)
  • To Understand (Aydın Boysan)
  • Mustafa Kemal and Ali Fuat Cebesoy: Friendship that Began on the Doorstep of the War Academy (Ayşe Cebesoy Sarıalp)
  • The First Dance with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Enise Çeşmiğ)
  • Atatürk Saved the Professors that Escaped from Hitler (Muazzez İlmiye Çığ)
  • Atatürk: Pioneer of Modern Civilization (Nedret Ekşigil)
  • Our Names Were Changed by Atatürk (Eren Elbirlik)
  • Father was Atatürk’s Last Prime Minister (Nilüfer Gürsoy)
  • My Father Took the Best Photographs of Atatürk (Deniz Işıksel)
  • First Lady Latife Hanım: “Even if I knew I would live the same things all over, I would still have married him.” (Mutlu İlmen / Mehmet Sadık Öke)
  • Atatürk and Memories from Atatürk (Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık)
  • He Did Not Just Look at You, He Saw You (Özden İnönü Toker)
  • At Your Service with My Entire Army Corps… (Timsal Karabekir)
  • Atatürk Gave Me My Name (Can Kıraç)
  • Atatürk’s Principles and Reforms – My Guide at Every Step I Have Taken (Asım Kocabıyık)
  • From the Ottomans to the Republic – Life Full of Poetry (Zeynep Menemencioğlu)
  • Experiencing the Revolution the Whole World Admired (Prof. Dr. İlhami Nasuhioğlu)
  • A Contract with Atatürk – My First (Teoman Özalp)
  • “My name is Macide” (Macide Tanır)
  • I Owe Everything to Atatürk and His Reforms (Hıfzı Topuz)
  • “Welcome brave Gazi (Veteran)!” (Taha Toros)
  • “A Choice Made” Following the Light Atatürk Lit (Prof. Nermin Abadan Unat)
  • Velidedeoğlu University (Prof. Dr. Meriç Velidedeoğlu)
  • Epilogue

Gönül Bakay / Leyla Pekcan (eds.)

Memorable Encounters
with Atatürk

About the editors

Gönül Bakay is an Associate Professor at Bahçes¸ehir University, Turkey. Her teaching expertise covers Women’s studies, Gothic Novel and English literature from the 18th century to the present. She is a member of the Women’s studies center of İstanbul University, of M.S.E.A, BSECS and a member of the board of directors of K.A.D. (cultural studies club).

Leyla Pekcan is a graduate of the American College for Girls (Istanbul). She is a member of the board of Trustees of Çev (Contemporary Educational Foundation) and served as a member of the board of directors.

About the book

The book is a collection of memoirs related to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The recollections of 28 people who met Atatürk in person reflect the environment in which they grew up. The accounts of their childhood during the founding period of the Turkish Republic provide a wealth of information enabling historians to reconstruct how the perception of Atatürk was transformed during a time of profound political change.

This eBook can be cited

This edition of the eBook can be cited. To enable this we have marked the start and end of a page. In cases where a word straddles a page break, the marker is placed inside the word at exactly the same position as in the physical book. This means that occasionally a word might be bifurcated by this marker.

Details

Pages
242
Year
2017
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631707821
ISBN (PDF)
9783653070774
ISBN (MOBI)
9783631707838
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631675526
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-07077-4
Language
English
Publication date
2017 (October)
Keywords
reforms birth of a new nation European standards Atatürk‘s character naming
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2017. 242 pp.

Biographical notes

Gönül Bakay (Volume editor) Leyla Pekcan (Volume editor)

Gönül Bakay is an Associate Professor at Bahçeşehir University, Turkey. Her teaching expertise covers Women’s studies, Gothic Novel and English literature from the 18th century to the present. She is a member of the Women’s studies center of Istanbul University, of M.S.E.A, BSECS and a member of the board of directors of K.A.D. (cultural studies club). Leyla Pekcan is a graduate of the American College for Girls (Istanbul). She is a member of the board of Trustees of Çev (Contemporary Educational Foundation) and served as a member of the board of directors.

Previous

Title: Memorable Encounters with Atatürk
book preview page numper 1
book preview page numper 2
book preview page numper 3
book preview page numper 4
book preview page numper 5
book preview page numper 6
book preview page numper 7
book preview page numper 8
book preview page numper 9
book preview page numper 10
book preview page numper 11
book preview page numper 12
book preview page numper 13
book preview page numper 14
book preview page numper 15
book preview page numper 16
book preview page numper 17
book preview page numper 18
book preview page numper 19
book preview page numper 20
book preview page numper 21
book preview page numper 22
book preview page numper 23
book preview page numper 24
book preview page numper 25
book preview page numper 26
book preview page numper 27
book preview page numper 28
book preview page numper 29
book preview page numper 30
book preview page numper 31
book preview page numper 32
book preview page numper 33
book preview page numper 34
book preview page numper 35
book preview page numper 36
book preview page numper 37
book preview page numper 38
book preview page numper 39
book preview page numper 40
244 pages