 | Ataturk and the Modernization of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey sixty years ago, dedicated himself to westernizing the Turkish state and its society and culture. In this first attempt to evaluate Ataturk's overall contribution to the modernization of Turkey, an international group of scholars examine a broad range of subjects, including the Kemalist Jacob M. Landau is professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and coordinator of Middle East research at the university's Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. |
