Books and Publications on Turkey

Bookstores and select recent publications on Turkey

Bookstores

Zinnur – 1019 Main St. Paterson, NJ – (973) 278-6662

Recent Publications

Yasayan Turk Siiri - Turkce/Ingilizce 2 CD-ROM

Cahit Kulebi,Melih Cevdet Anday,Can Yucel,Ece Ayhan,
Ilhan Berk,Cevat Capan,Ozdemir Ince, Salah Birsel,
Hilmi Yavuz,Ahmet Oktay,Arif Damar,Gulten Akin,
Guven Turan,Egemen Berkoz,Refik Durbas,Turgay Fisekci
,Erdal Alova,Eray Canberk,Ataol Behramoglu,Ali Cengizkan,
AdnanOzer,Sunay Akin,kucuk Iskender, kendi siirlerini
videoya okudular.

Ayrica, sairler sanat kultur ve dunya uzerine
kisa bir soylesi gerceklestirdiler.

Ihsan Ozgen kemence ile Hilmi Yavuz'a,
Ali Perret piyano ile CanYucel'e,
Reyent Bolukbasi cello ile Ozdemir Ince'ye,
Grup Zen, kucuk Iskender'e,Ugurtan Aksel arp ile Cevat Capan'a,
Sarp Maden gitar ile Egemen Berkoz'e eslik etti.

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THE OTTOMAN TURKS-AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY UNTIL 1923
by Justin McCarthy

This book has been published recently and is a source of accurate, informed and up to date information about the Turks with maps and illustrations. Equivalent of a text book on the Turks, it is available for $22.54 from the publisher Addison Wesley Longman. ISBN number -0-582-25655-0. Copies can be ordered directly from the publisher by using VISA, MasterCard and American Express credit cards and calling 1-800-822-6339.

Justin McCarthy is Professor of Middle Eastern History, and Director of the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

TURKIYE'DE EKONOMIK BUYUME, YAPISAL DONUSUM VE KRIZ

by A. Aydin Cecen, A. Suut Dogruel and Fatma Dogruel

Egemen Yayinlari, Istanbul, 1991, Second Edition, 1990 Sedat Simavi Prize.
Available from (send address and $14 check)
Aydin Cecen
Center for International Trade and Economic Reseach
Sloan 301
Mt-Pleasant MI 48859 USA

Summary: This study strives to investigate the dynamics of economic growth cum development in Turkey between 1923-1988 and the concomitant transformation the economy underwent during the same period. The analytical foundation of the study are, to a large extent, motivated by a systematic inquiry along the following three lines. First, how and under what conditions did the transformat in of commercial capital into industrial capital materialize in the pre-1980 period? How did the institutional matrix of the economy respond to this transfo rmation? Second, insofar as much of the cyclical growth the Turkish economy experienced since the 1950's is attributable to the fluctuations in public investment and in the ensuing excess capacity, how did this growth process shap e the development characteristics of the country? Third, what were the factors that prompted the breakdown of traditional import substitution policies hence the switch to export- led growth strategies?

The Middle East Journal Special Issue on Turkey

o Volume 51, Number 1 Winter 1997 (Available January 24, 1997)

Commentary by Turkish President Demirel
Perspectives on the Evolution of Turkish Studies in North America Since 1946 Howard A. Reed
Islam and Democracy in Turkey: Toward a Reconciliation? Metin Heper
Secularism and Islamism in Turkey: The Making of Elites and Counter-Elites Nil|fer Gvle
Ankara's Baku-Centered Transcaucasia Policy: Has It Failed? Suha Bolukbasi
Turkey's Kurdish Question: Critical Turning Points and Missed Opportunities Henri J. Barkey and Graham E. Fuller
Ordering Information:
Circulation Department
1761 N Street, NW Washington DC 20035

(202) 785-1141

New books on Ottoman art, calligraphy, mapmaking

Recently released: three books dealing partly or wholly with the Ottoman portion of the Islamic art collection of Nasser Khalili.

Soucek, Svat. Piri Reis and Ottoman mapmaking after Columbus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995 (Studies in the Khalili Collection, 2) ISBN 019727501X price: $54 (hard cover)

Safwat, Nabil F. The art of the pen: calligraphy of the 14th to 20th centuries. London: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1995 (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. 5) ISBN 0197276040 price: $285 (hard cover)

Rogers, J. M. Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from The Collection of Nasser D. Khalili. Geneva: Musee d'art et d'histoire; London: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions, 1995. ISBN 2830601203 (soft cover) ; 1898592047 (hard cover) Price: $90 (hard cover)

Turkish Tale Books FOR SALE

The Turkish Collection from TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS at discounted prices:

TALES ALIVE IN TURKEY Warren S. Walker and Ahmet E. Uysal
"...a treasure trove of folktales, including all the extras storytellers hope for but seldom get." -- The Story Bag Newsletter Paper regularly priced: $13.50 TAAC's price: $10.00

MORE TALES ALIVE IN TURKEY Warren S. Walker and Ahmet E. Uysal
"...another step forward in preserving and in fact securing the very rich folk tradition..." -- Digest of Middle East Studies Paper regularly priced: $17.50 TAAC's price: $11.00

ART OF THE TURKISH TALE VOL. 1 Barbara K. Walker Illustrations by Helen Siegl
"...nothing less than the definitive work in this field." -- The Story Bag Newsletter Paper regularly priced: $17.50 TAAC's price: $12.00

ART OF THE TURKISH TALE VOL. 2 Barbara K. Walker Illustrations by Helen Siegl
"Combining the familiar and universal with the exotic and culturally specific, these readable tales should please general readers as well as scholars." -- Library Journal Paper regularly priced: $18.50 TAAC's price: $12.00

WATERMELONS, WALNUTS AND THE WISDOM OF ALLAH, AND OTHER TALES OF THE HOCA Barbara K. Walker Illustrated by Harold Berson Every country has its folk hero--real or legendary--and in Turkey he goes by the name of Nasreddin Hoca. Over the years hundreds of stories grew up around this hero; eighteen favorites are retold here. Cloth regularly priced: $18.50 TAAC's price: $12.00

If you have questions please call Yavuz Atila at (408) 646-1916

The Heritage of Central Asia

The Heritage of Central Asia/From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion by Richard N. Frye

(Princeton Series on the Middle East) 264 pages. ISBN 1-55876-110-1 Markus Wiener Publishers, 114 Jefferson Road, Princeton, NJ 08540

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