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MEMORIES OF A TURKISH OFFICER

AHMET ŞERİF İZGÖREN
There are some people whom we are proud of being
acquainted. For me “Beybaba” is the first of these.
It has basically two reasons.first of all, my both
grandpas had died before I was born and he served
as a granddaddy to me. Secondly, think of a man who
is almost hundred years old. He lived in the times of
Sultan Vahdettin. He came eye to eye with Atatürk,
approached him as close as two meters and even
attended his funeral. When he was born, Turkish
Republic was not founded. He is a living history.
September 6-7 Events, World War II, Menemen Case
and strikes. He witnessed the close history of this
country. Even more important is that he travelled the
whole country inch by inch as he was an officer. One Publisher: İzgören Publishing
of the most important deficiencies of the history of Publishing Date: March 2008
the country is that there is almost no record of close ISBN: 978-975-6093-38-2
history. Starting from the life of Muhittin Ergüneş, Number of Pages: 128
you will have the opportunity to learn about what Dimension: 13,5 x 21 cm
35 has happened since 1920s, how people lived then Printing: Single color
as well as the history of daily life. The rescue of his
sister Hayriye from Serbian Massacre, the humanity
lesson from the Gypsy citizen with carriage in
Kırklareli and what is lived during the World War II on
the military and political arena in the country are all
very influential. The stories in between; for instance
his friendship with his dog Cinbo has always made
me so excited while listening. Your eyes will also get
wet while reading. The operation made in Italy by the
two officers with the order of Atatürk is published for
the first time. It will surpass the Mossad operations
told us in glowing colours, you will feel proud when
you read it. How was life in İstanbul at the beginning
of the this age? Poverty, wealth, the relationship
between Greeks, Armenians, Jews and Turks as
well as their traditions. You will learn it from the
perspective of Little Muhittin.

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