History of Turkey

The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923 on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire and within a few generations became the most populous and economically strongest state in the region. Klaus Kreiser describes the political, social, economic and cultural development of the country and explains the areas of tension that keep it in suspense today: the growing influence of Islam, the treatment of minorities and refugees, Turkey's role in the Syrian civil war and its relationship with its European neighbours.