This author is a professor of late Ottoman history at Princeton University, holding a position there since 2005. Their academic work delves into the thoughts and activities of Abdullah Cevdet, a foundational figure in the Young Turk movement. With a profound understanding of the political and intellectual currents of the late Ottoman era, their writing illuminates the formative period of the modern Turkish Republic.
When Mustafa Kemal Ataturk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science. This book provides a look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder.