author
Alaeddine Haïdar
A French-language journalist and travel writer, he is remembered for a vivid firsthand account of Anatolia during the rise of Mustafa Kemal. His work offers the feel of on-the-ground reporting from a turning point in modern Turkish history.
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À Angora auprès de Mustafa Kemal
by Alaeddine Haïdar
About the author
Little confirmed biographical information is readily available about Alaeddine Haïdar, but available catalog records and digitized editions identify him as the author of À Angora auprès de Mustafa Kemal.
That book is presented as a travel narrative and report from the early 1920s, following a journey from Constantinople into nationalist-held Anatolia during the Turkish War of Independence. The account is notable for its close-up view of a major historical moment and for its direct engagement with Mustafa Kemal.
Because reliable sources found here are limited, it is safest to describe Haïdar as a journalist or observer whose surviving reputation rests mainly on this one historically valuable work.