I just finished reading Nicole and Hugh Pope's Turkey Unveiled; and as a history of republican Turkey it is quite informative. Not only is the book very readable, it has about it a sense of Turkey and Turkish thought, including using key Turkish words to highlight important cultural values. One of the beauties of the book is that it expresses a deep understanding of Turkish culture that is understandable to those from a Western culture at the same. A sample quote:
...Turkey is in a category all its own. One reason for the West's difficulty in coming to grips with the country is that Turkey was never colonized and has never truly shared its history with one of the great European cultures.
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