Hi, Question for a person with good knowledge of Turkish History

[justin Harris]

Hi,

New to posting,

I am heading out to Turkey in October and tend to enjoy reading militay history about a country I am visiting. Can anyody suggest some good books Turkeys? Imagine WW1 WW2??? etc

Thank you in advance?

J

[CMNot]

You could start by looking for books regarding the Dardanelles campaign.

Or go for something Ottoman specific like these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ottoman-Centuries-Rise-Turkish-Empire/dp/0688080936/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253656391&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Osmans-Dream-Ottoman-Empire-1300-1923/dp/0719561124/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253656391&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ottoman-Empire-1300-1650-Structure-Perspective/dp/0333613872/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253656391&sr=1-8

There a literally a **** ton of books on Gallipoli, plus loads of journal articles.

I'd start though, with old faithful (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Turkey-Lonely-Planet-Country-Guides/dp/174104927X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253656469&sr=1-1).

[Formby]

Hi,

New to posting,

I am heading out to Turkey in October and tend to enjoy reading militay history about a country I am visiting. Can anyody suggest some good books Turkeys? Imagine WW1 WW2??? etc

Thank you in advance?

J

What about the Greek history of the area,the Roman history the Byzantium history and of courseTurkish history. All this history and historical site are in this country. If you are traveling country wide then you are in for a historical treat,drop a line about how you got on there.

[Ulytau]

Which city you gonna visit mate?

Even books of the Jean-Paul Roux will give you information too :)

[saladin]

If you are going to Istanbul and like military history, don't forget to visit the military museum at Harbiye, also the naval museum at Besiktas. If you are going near Izmir, Canakkale , Bursa you may found Gelibolu (Galipolia) a historically rich place. It would be 4 hours away from Izmir or Bursa. I think Gelibolu worth a detour if you are planning to go from Istanbul to the southern cities.