A coup in Turkey a tale of democracy, despotism and vengeance in a divided land /
Seal, Jeremy,
A coup in Turkey a tale of democracy, despotism and vengeance in a divided land / Book : Jeremy Seal. - x, 334 pages : maps, photographs ; 25 cm.
In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the country's history - the 'original' coup of 1960, which deposed the traditionalist Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The story of Menderes - to his adoring supporters the country's founding democrat; to his sworn enemies its most infamous traitor - goes to the heart of the feud that continues to rage between the Western and secular amibitions of a minority elite and the religious and conservative instincts of the small-town majority. A coup in Turkey is a thrilling account of the events leading up to the coup and the trials and executions that followed, a story of political subterfuge and score-settling, courtroom drama, state execution, authoritarian intolerance and ideological division. --inside cover.
All
9781784741754 (hardback) 1784741752 (hardback)
2020478089
Coups d'ťat--Turkey.
956.1036
A coup in Turkey a tale of democracy, despotism and vengeance in a divided land / Book : Jeremy Seal. - x, 334 pages : maps, photographs ; 25 cm.
In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the country's history - the 'original' coup of 1960, which deposed the traditionalist Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The story of Menderes - to his adoring supporters the country's founding democrat; to his sworn enemies its most infamous traitor - goes to the heart of the feud that continues to rage between the Western and secular amibitions of a minority elite and the religious and conservative instincts of the small-town majority. A coup in Turkey is a thrilling account of the events leading up to the coup and the trials and executions that followed, a story of political subterfuge and score-settling, courtroom drama, state execution, authoritarian intolerance and ideological division. --inside cover.
All
9781784741754 (hardback) 1784741752 (hardback)
2020478089
Coups d'ťat--Turkey.
956.1036