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Oral History Review 2008 35(1):91-93; doi:10.1093/ohr/ohn019
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Turkey's Modernization: Refugees From Nazism and Ataturk's Vision

Arzu Ozturkmen

Bogazici University

TURKEY’S MODERNIZATION: REFUGEES FROM NAZISM AND ATATURK’S VISION. By Arnold Reisman. Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing, LLC, 2006. 1604 pp. Paperbound, $28.00.

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In an era when Turkey is known more for its mediocre record on human rights and freedom of speech, Arnold Reisman's Turkey's Modernization brings light to a lesser known phase of Turkish history, where Turkey, as a young republic, had opened its doors to Jewish scholars escaping Nazi Europe. In fact, the story of Jewish scholars taking refuge in the newly established Turkish Republic has been a long neglected topic, a subject matter discussed more as "popular knowledge" than "scholarly analysis." In that regard, Reisman's book is an important contribution because it fills that gap with its rich visual . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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