Rebel Land Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town

by de Bellaigue, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781594202520
• ISBN10: 1594202524
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-04
• Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The

Summary

In an intellectual detective story, an esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood. Christopher de Bellaigue unravels the enigma of the Turkish 20th century, a time that contains the death of an empire, the founding of a nation, and the near extinction of a people.

Author Biography

Christopher de Bellaigue was born in London and spent the past decade in the Middle East and South Asia. He has worked as a foreign correspondent for a number of publications, including the Financial Times, The Economist, and The New York Review of Books. His previous book, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs, was shortlisted for the 2004 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae	p. viii
Map of Turkey and Her Neighbours	p. x
Prologue: The Mirror	p. 1
Map of the District of Varto	p. 12
An Infinity of Shapes	p. 14
Map of the Town of Varto	p. 25
Rebel Land	p. 77
The Massacre of Newala Ask	p. 85
Great Man	p. 112
The Death of Mehmet Serif Firat	p. 150
Gumgum!	p. 164
Scab	p. 187
The Siege of Varto	p. 204
Deep State	p. 237
The Captain's Victory	p. 258
Epilogue: The Silver Belt	p. 262
Acknowledgements	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 267
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