^#smrgSAHAF Atatürk : Transforming the İmage of a Nation - 1995

Atatürk was the unprecedented author, designer and architect of an enormous transformation that profoundly changed the moral, cultural, historical and physical values of Turkish society. As a pragmatic visionary whose aim was to reset that society on the path of progress and development, he succeeded in giving life to brand new political and social structures that were anchored in the bedrock of grass-roots democracy. By encouraging and fostering the active participation of the Turkish people, he sought to replace the unheeded dictates of an enfeebled Ottoman state with strong individual initiative as the driving force of society. Taking in the grand purview of the principles on which the Republic of Turkey was founded and the boldness of his undertaking, one is astonished by Atatürk's genius and insight.

As a historian of international repute, Professor Bernard Lewis is one of those who has best understood Atatürk and who has been able to explain concisely, accurately, and uniquely the man, his aspirations, and his achievements. Mobilising his incomparable familiarity with Turkish and non-Turkish sources, Professor Lewis is the author of one of the mostdefinitive assessments of the Atatürk revolutions in Turkey.