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Title: Ataturk; Transforming the Image of a Nation
Author: Bernard Lewis; Photographs by Etem Tem
Publisher: Ertug & Kocabiyik Publications
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Review: "Atatürk was the unprecedented author, designer, and architect of an enormous
transformation that profoundly changed the moral, cultural, historical and physical values of Turkish
society. As a pragmatic visionary whose aim was reset that society on the path of progress and
development, he succeeded in giving life to brand-new political and social structures that were anchored
in the bedrock of grassroots democracy. By encouraging and fostering the active participation of the
Turkish people, he sought to replace the unheeded dictates of an enfeebled Ottoman state with strong
individual initiative as the driving force of society. Taking in the grand purview of the principles on
which the Republic of Turkey was founded and the boldness of his undertaking, one is astonished by
Atatürk's genius and insight.
As historians of international repute, Professor Bernad Lewis and Professor Halil Inalcık are the authors
of the texts. The photographs reproduced in the book are a visual record of a critical period of Atatürk's
life that was taken by Etem Tem who was given close, personal access. Technically superb, they are
composed with an eye for journalistic realism in which Atatürk is presented as a model for how modern-day
Turk should act and dress in the modern-day world. These are the images that Atatürk wanted not only he
Turkish nation but also the whole world to perceive as indicative of the new Turkish republic that he was
bringing into being. The importance that Atatürk attached to Tem's work is clearly revealed by technical
excellence of the photography: this is the first recorded instance of such high-quality photography being
used in Turkey."
For further information, please contact: Stella Hazbay at info@ertug-kocabiyik.com
Sema Karaoglu
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