Description
This book addresses itself to the handwritten log of non-commissioned Ottoman Military officer Huseyin Atif Efendi, my grandfather. He fought in the Gallipoli and the East Fronts of World War One, before the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. In the fronts, he wrote official war logs from time to time and set tents when necessary. It contains, history in the raw its dramas and cruelties, its moments of humour some of it very black indeed its drudgery, and its excitement. I was able to reach a remarkable set of recollections as narratives from my own family oral testimonies at its most immediate and most revealing. The recollections presented as narrations, casts light on a different aspect of the World War One, often it is a light that has not been cast before, something that the most diligent of historians may have missed, or the most avid reader of sociology books not read before. Every reader will be struck by different entries, and will want to read many of them again and again.
About the Author
Guliz Erginsoy received her B.A. degree from the Bosphorus University and her PhD from the Istanbul University in Sociology. She has worked as a sociologist in the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University between 1982 to 2011. Upon retirement as a senior professor, she currently teaches PhD and Masters classes in various universities, including Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She has translated, Women in the Ottoman Balkans from English to Turkish by I.B. Tauris for the Bilgi University Press. She has numerous publications in the form of books, articles and encyclopedia entries in several languages, including the diary of her grandfather from the Gallipoli and the Eastern Front of the First World War in Turkish. Her latest book in Turkish was released in October 2018 under the title in Turkish What the Mulberry Tree Hears On the Narratives of the Mobile and Immobile Entities without Space and Time. This book is to be released in Greek during April 2019.
Book Information
ISBN 9786056919596
Author Guliz Bese Erginsoy
Format Hardback
Page Count 168
Imprint Kopernik
Publisher Kopernik
Weight(grams) 176g
About the Author
Guliz Erginsoy received her B.A. degree from the Bosphorus University and her PhD from the Istanbul University in Sociology. She has worked as a sociologist in the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University between 1982 to 2011. Upon retirement as a senior professor, she currently teaches PhD and Masters classes in various universities, including Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She has translated, Women in the Ottoman Balkans from English to Turkish by I.B. Tauris for the Bilgi University Press. She has numerous publications in the form of books, articles and encyclopedia entries in several languages, including the diary of her grandfather from the Gallipoli and the Eastern Front of the First World War in Turkish. Her latest book in Turkish was released in October 2018 under the title in Turkish What the Mulberry Tree Hears On the Narratives of the Mobile and Immobile Entities without Space and Time. This book is to be released in Greek during April 2019.
Book Information
ISBN 9786056919596
Author Guliz Bese Erginsoy
Format Hardback
Page Count 168
Imprint Kopernik
Publisher Kopernik
Weight(grams) 176g
