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Turkey: Constructing a Modern State 1918 to 1938

The creation of modern Turkey was characterized by a remarkable set of internally driven reforms. We break this complicated process into its key components. What were the key political steps? What were the key economic measures? How did a narrow but unified leadership effect sweeping social and cultural change? In answering these questions we explain why this early transition still provides an inspiring model of self-reliant change.