The History of TurkeyGreenwood Press, 2001 - 241 pages
The work includes a timeline of important events in the history of Turkey, biographies of its leading figures, a glossary of terms, and a bibliographic essay. This narrative history is ideal for student use and for updating library collections on the history of Turkey. |
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... Menderes government passed a repressive press law under which reporters and editors faced fines and prison terms for ... Menderes government may have instigated them , manipulating latent popular resentments in order to divert pres- sure ...
... Menderes . After the riots of September 1955 , Menderes introduced draconian re- strictions on the press . Journalists now would face prosecution for pub- lishing news that could " curtail the supply of consumer goods or raise prices or ...
... Menderes government , and captured its pilot , Francis Gary Powers , alive , igniting an international crisis . Powers's plane had actually taken off that day from a base in Pakistan , but a diversionary flight along the Soviet border ...
Contents
Turkey Today | 1 |
Ancient Anatolia | 23 |
The Turkish Conquest of Anatolia 10711517 | 31 |
Copyright | |
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