
« The Congregation of Civilization »: Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s Speech in Kastamonu
par Remzi Çağatay Çakırlar « »The Congregation of Civilization »: Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s Speech in Kastamonu, » in A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments, (eds.) Alp Yenen & Erik-Jan Zürcher, (Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2023), 58-63. About this bookThe Republic of Turkey was founded a hundred years ago on 29 October 1923. Turkey holds a unique position between Europe and the Middle East. It continues to captivate international attention, evoking hopes and fears in the hearts and minds of contemporary observers. As a critical commemoration of its centenary, this book presents a mosaic of one hundred carefully curated fragments by expert authors, shedding light on politics, economy, society, culture, gender, and arts in a hundred years of