I have just finished reading one copy of the first print of this book,date of which is 1926.So one may expect to find it more in the spirit of a newspaper article than a historical survey.But ,so i can say,it does accomplish to be "scientific" more than i expected.It is able in conceiving such a hot and fresh matter in the larger context of the historical contest and collision or interaction of East and West. In its predictions on the near and far future of Turkey -as a Turk i can say- it is mostly proved right. But,in spite of the authors apparent striving after impartiality,it has an implicit desire to "manipulate" rather than to understand some aspects of the policy of the early Turkey,especially on the matters which involve England.Perfect example of this attitude is the Musul and the "kurdish problem". The book in its entirerity is trying to prove to western people that "Turks are human-beings".This sounds strange to me-i said:i am a turk- but maybe helpful to some western people -in two ways:1)to understand that we are human or 2)to see the state of mind of western people in the beginning of this century.I hope that the first may be unnecessary now. Ýt is well written ,easily readable,and very informative:deserves to be read.