The Author: Aslı Çırakman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. She received her Ph.D. in political studies from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has written articles on the history of political ideas both in Turkish and English.

«It has been a well-known fact that since the Renaissance the European world had been intensely investigating the eastern countries. These early modern accounts on the East embody crucial historical material. Moreover, these perceptions on the East are also significant in so far as they reflect the formation of European self-understanding. This excellent book examines these sources in such a way as to reveal and interpret the distinctive features of western thought.» (İlber Ortaylı, Galatasaray University, İstanbul)

The Author: Aslı Çırakman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. She received her Ph.D. in political studies from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has written articles on the history of political ideas both in Turkish and English.

«It has been a well-known fact that since the Renaissance the European world had been intensely investigating the eastern countries. These early modern accounts on the East embody crucial historical material. Moreover, these perceptions on the East are also significant in so far as they reflect the formation of European self-understanding. This excellent book examines these sources in such a way as to reveal and interpret the distinctive features of western thought.» (İlber Ortaylı, Galatasaray University, İstanbul)

The Author: Aslı Çırakman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. She received her Ph.D. in political studies from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has written articles on the history of political ideas both in Turkish and English.

«It has been a well-known fact that since the Renaissance the European world had been intensely investigating the eastern countries. These early modern accounts on the East embody crucial historical material. Moreover, these perceptions on the East are also significant in so far as they reflect the formation of European self-understanding. This excellent book examines these sources in such a way as to reveal and interpret the distinctive features of western thought.» (İlber Ortaylı, Galatasaray University, İstanbul)