num_pages: 252
description: Veteran foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer takes a look at the enigma that is modern Turkey, a county both exotic and dangerous. Looking behind the myths, he shows how this now-modern state has progressed from its former status as part of the Ottoman Empire to its current embrace of democracy. Kinzer, who has spent years living and working in Turkey, is the perfect tour guide for this look at a country striving to become "the most audaciously successful nation of the twenty-first century."
language: English
title: Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds
titlecomplete: Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds
genres: Asia, Political Science, Politics, Historical, Islam, Travel, International Relations, Nonfiction, History, Journalism
ratings_count: 1064
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Diane Publ.