This shocking and enlightening book reveals the hidden yet real history of Turkey. From the Gulf War to the Poised Hammer, from the Project of a Kurdish State to the sensational Susurluk case in Turkey, and from the secret organizations within the military to the many cases that have been covered up to date – this book explores them all. The author reveals the secrets behin...
Assassination has been one of the cruelest instruments of political struggle since ancient times. Recent decades have been fertile grounds for assassinations. Many famous and prestigious names – Archduke Ferdinand of Hungary, Leon Troçki, Mahatma Gandi, JF Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Aldo Moro, Olof Palme, Yitzhak Rabin – have died by bullet, bomb or other weap...
Mahir Kaynak, former Turkish Intelligence Officer, reveals the secrets behind the coups in Turkey!
What are the goals of, and reasons behind, the military coups? Who organized these coups and how do they go about it? Who are the members of the juntas in military coups, and how are such teams made up?
Throughout her 80-year history, the Republic of Turkey has experienced four m...
Religion has been used as a popular rhetoric by leaders throughout history. In Europe the clergy represented their own social class, which struggled with the nobility constantly for control of the population. Here Karpat gives examples of this sort of behavior in the Ottoman context, offering reflections on the past as well as observations about the present. All states have used the r...
Kemal Karpat writes with laser-like precision and crystal clarity on subjects which otherwise can become convoluted and muddled. Here he submits the theory that the true Turkish novel has not yet been written. A bold statement which he supports with mountains of information, culminating with the idea that because the Turkish middle class is not yet flourishing, there can not yet be a ...
The hottest selling book in Turkey is a thriller that portrays a fictional war between the United States and Turkey.~ Chicago Tribune The date is May 23, 2007... The location is the northeast of Kerkuk... While the chaos continues in Northern Iraq, Turkish troops in the region suddenly come under attac fro US troops. This is an unexpected abandonment of their &ldq...
The first Metal Storm fascinated and engaged international public opinion, and numerous media sources around the worldmentioned the book: the Chicago Tribune,The Christian Science Monitor, the BBC, TV 5, ABC News, English Aljazerra, The Atlanta Journal, the Middle East Times
Pravda, Cesky Rozhlas, Rotterdams Dagblad, the Hindustan Times, Hrvatski VojnikTa Nea etc.In this explosive p...
The relationship between the military and politics in Turkey is a tumultuous one and it always has been, going back hundreds of years. In these essays, Karpat examines the four military coups which shook the modern Turkish republic, in 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997. He then looks at the state institutions which were established after each coup, and how the military mind still dominates Tu...
If one doesn’t know one’s enemy, defeat is unavoidable. If one neither knows oneself nor one’s enemy, one can never recover from the scars of such a tragedy. There is chance for those who know themselves, but not their enemy, to learn, but only after the war. However, defeat in war is almost impossible if you know both yourself and your enemy. The side that is defe...
he right people are concerned about how to stand strong and influence the future, then they should definitely read this incredible book.