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ismet inoni and the Making of Modern Turkey, by Faruk Logoglu. Ankara: Ajans-Turk Basin ve Basym A.S., 1998. vii + 248 pages. n.p.
Faruk Logoglu is a senior Turkish ambassador currently serving in Ankara as the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ismet ii and the Making of ModernTurkey is the outgrowth of his Ph.D. dissertation, completed at Princeton University under the supervision of Professor Manfred Halpern. This survey is, at its core, a personal and political profile of the eminent Turkish statesman ismet Inonu(1884-1973).
In this book, the author achieves what has eluded other scholars, both Turkish and nonTurkish: a truthful depiction of inonui-one that is neither hagiography nor condescension. The author reveals Inonu's strengths as well as shortcomings and, above all, his dedication, courage, tenacity, and vision.
Every biographer is tempted to place his subject at the center of the universe, with consequent distortion of the roles of other actors. For the most part, Logoglu resists this temptation, particularly in his treatment of Celal...