TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book Turkey: A Short History written by Norman Stone has actually been released in bookstores throughout Iran.Marjan Rezaei has translated the book that has been published by Markaz Publications in 240 pages, Mehr reported.First released in 2011, the book is a virtuoso performance by historian Norman Stone, who lived and worked in Turkey from 1997 till he died in 2019.
It is a succinct study of Turkeys relations with its instant next-door neighbors and the wider world from the 11th century to today day.Stone deftly conducts the reader through this story, from the arrival of the Seljuks in Anatolia in the eleventh century to the contemporary republic getting EU subscription in the twenty-first.
It is a historic account of impressive percentages, featuring rapacious leaders such as Genghis Khan and Tamerlane through the glories of Sultan Sleyman the Magnificent to Kemal Atatrk, the reforming genius and founder of modern Turkey.At its height, the Ottoman Empire was a superpower that brought Islam to the gates of Vienna.
Stone analyzes the factors for the empires long decline and shows how it gave birth to the modern Turkish Republic, where east and west, religion and secularism, tradition, and modernity still form dynamic elements of national identity.
The author brilliantly draws out the larger styles of Turkeys history, leading to a book that is a masterly exposition of the historians craft.Norman Stone (1941-2019) was a British historian and author.
At the time of his death, he was Professor of European history in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, having previously been a teacher at the University of Oxford, a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and an advisor to British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
He was a board member of the Center for Eurasian Studies.SS/ SAB