Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, CT. She holds a B.A. in classics, an M.A. in ancient history, and, from Bryn Mawr College, a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Anatolian archaeology. Her publications include Elmal -Karata II: The Early Bronze Age Village of Karata . Warner has served as assistant editor for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and executive director of the Poetry Society of America (New York). She has also served as director of the American Turkish Society (New York) and director of the New York Office of the Board of Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul. Warner is Associate Editor of Sleeping in the Forest: Stories and Poems by Sait Faik; Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems; A Brave New Quest: 100 Modern Turkish Poems; and Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends, and co-editor of An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama. She is the editor of Cultural Horizons: A Festschrift in Honor of Talat S. Halman; The Turkish Muse: Views and Reviews, 1960s-1990s; Rapture and Revolution: Essays on Turkish Literature; and A Millennium of Turkish Literature: A Concise History."

• ContentsNote on Turkish Spelling and Names viiPrincipal Family Members viiiPreface 1Maps 6Chapter 1 Relatives and More Relatives 15Chapter 2 Independence and Modernization: Families in Transition 48Chapter 3 The Early Years: A Childhood Apart 78Chapter 4 New York—Here I Come! The Turbulent ’50s 118Chapter 5 A Turkish Marine 138Chapter 6 A Career for Talat 148Chapter 7 From Academic to Columnist—and Beyond (1965–1971) 154Chapter 8 Statesman: “Prophet of a Turkish Renaissance” (1971) 180Chapter 9 A Literary Life (1972–1980) 214Chapter 10 Ambassador for Cultural Affairs (1980–1982) 238Chapter 11 From Public Lecturer to UNESCO (1982–1996) 250Chapter 12 An Abiding Love of the Theater 294Chapter 13 Turkey Calls Again (1996–2014) 308Chapter 14 Islam, Ataturk’s Republic, and Talat Halman 352Chapter 15 A Portrait 362epilogue “My Year of Death” 374Chapter Notes 376Chronology 395Books by Talat S. Halman 398Presidents, Republic of Turkey 403Prime Ministers, Republic of Turkey 403Ministers of Culture (Culture and Tourism), Republic of Turkey 405List of Maps and Illustrations 406Turkish Journals and Newspapers 417Acknowledgments 418Index 420Family Treefollowingpage 448

Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, CT. She holds a B.A. in classics, an M.A. in ancient history, and, from Bryn Mawr College, a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Anatolian archaeology. Her publications include Elmal -Karata II: The Early Bronze Age Village of Karata . Warner has served as assistant editor for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and executive director of the Poetry Society of America (New York). She has also served as director of the American Turkish Society (New York) and director of the New York Office of the Board of Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul. Warner is Associate Editor of Sleeping in the Forest: Stories and Poems by Sait Faik; Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems; A Brave New Quest: 100 Modern Turkish Poems; and Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends, and co-editor of An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama. She is the editor of Cultural Horizons: A Festschrift in Honor of Talat S. Halman; The Turkish Muse: Views and Reviews, 1960s-1990s; Rapture and Revolution: Essays on Turkish Literature; and A Millennium of Turkish Literature: A Concise History."

• ContentsNote on Turkish Spelling and Names viiPrincipal Family Members viiiPreface 1Maps 6Chapter 1 Relatives and More Relatives 15Chapter 2 Independence and Modernization: Families in Transition 48Chapter 3 The Early Years: A Childhood Apart 78Chapter 4 New York—Here I Come! The Turbulent ’50s 118Chapter 5 A Turkish Marine 138Chapter 6 A Career for Talat 148Chapter 7 From Academic to Columnist—and Beyond (1965–1971) 154Chapter 8 Statesman: “Prophet of a Turkish Renaissance” (1971) 180Chapter 9 A Literary Life (1972–1980) 214Chapter 10 Ambassador for Cultural Affairs (1980–1982) 238Chapter 11 From Public Lecturer to UNESCO (1982–1996) 250Chapter 12 An Abiding Love of the Theater 294Chapter 13 Turkey Calls Again (1996–2014) 308Chapter 14 Islam, Ataturk’s Republic, and Talat Halman 352Chapter 15 A Portrait 362epilogue “My Year of Death” 374Chapter Notes 376Chronology 395Books by Talat S. Halman 398Presidents, Republic of Turkey 403Prime Ministers, Republic of Turkey 403Ministers of Culture (Culture and Tourism), Republic of Turkey 405List of Maps and Illustrations 406Turkish Journals and Newspapers 417Acknowledgments 418Index 420Family Treefollowingpage 448

Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, CT. She holds a B.A. in classics, an M.A. in ancient history, and, from Bryn Mawr College, a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Anatolian archaeology. Her publications include Elmal -Karata II: The Early Bronze Age Village of Karata . Warner has served as assistant editor for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and executive director of the Poetry Society of America (New York). She has also served as director of the American Turkish Society (New York) and director of the New York Office of the Board of Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul. Warner is Associate Editor of Sleeping in the Forest: Stories and Poems by Sait Faik; Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems; A Brave New Quest: 100 Modern Turkish Poems; and Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends, and co-editor of An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama. She is the editor of Cultural Horizons: A Festschrift in Honor of Talat S. Halman; The Turkish Muse: Views and Reviews, 1960s-1990s; Rapture and Revolution: Essays on Turkish Literature; and A Millennium of Turkish Literature: A Concise History."

• ContentsNote on Turkish Spelling and Names viiPrincipal Family Members viiiPreface 1Maps 6Chapter 1 Relatives and More Relatives 15Chapter 2 Independence and Modernization: Families in Transition 48Chapter 3 The Early Years: A Childhood Apart 78Chapter 4 New York—Here I Come! The Turbulent ’50s 118Chapter 5 A Turkish Marine 138Chapter 6 A Career for Talat 148Chapter 7 From Academic to Columnist—and Beyond (1965–1971) 154Chapter 8 Statesman: “Prophet of a Turkish Renaissance” (1971) 180Chapter 9 A Literary Life (1972–1980) 214Chapter 10 Ambassador for Cultural Affairs (1980–1982) 238Chapter 11 From Public Lecturer to UNESCO (1982–1996) 250Chapter 12 An Abiding Love of the Theater 294Chapter 13 Turkey Calls Again (1996–2014) 308Chapter 14 Islam, Ataturk’s Republic, and Talat Halman 352Chapter 15 A Portrait 362epilogue “My Year of Death” 374Chapter Notes 376Chronology 395Books by Talat S. Halman 398Presidents, Republic of Turkey 403Prime Ministers, Republic of Turkey 403Ministers of Culture (Culture and Tourism), Republic of Turkey 405List of Maps and Illustrations 406Turkish Journals and Newspapers 417Acknowledgments 418Index 420Family Treefollowingpage 448