The kemalists islamic revival and the fate of secular turkey muammar kaylan isbn 9781591022824 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The kemalists islamic revival and the fate of secular turkey by muammer kaylan amherst ny prometheus books 2005482 pp isbn 1 59102 282 7 us2800 cloth muaramer kaylan is a distinguished turkish journalist and newspaper editor who fled from turkey in 1970 because of threats against his life for writing articles in hurriyet against suleyman demirel who served many times as turkeys . The kemalists islamic revival and the fate of secular turkey by muammer kaylan 2005 04 08 muammer kaylan isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Part memoir and part history his life story spans the beginning of the secular republic of turkey created by kemal ataturks sweeping reforms of the 1920s and 1930s to the combustible uncertainties of the present daydesigned mainly for western readers unfamiliar with turkeys history kaylans narrative discusses the origin of the turks how they were converted to islam the rise and fall of the ottoman empire the legacy left by that collapsed empire and the founding of the modern