Submitted by jan, Jan 8, 2008 13:56

THE BOOK IS NOT WORHT READING!!
Geert Mak has made many mistakes in his book "In Europe". In his story about Istanbul he depicts Ataturk as a "dictator" in one sentence. Ataturk has modernised parlament, installed voting rights for women, just to name a few to spice up his book. Also sharing the coupe in 1980 in turkey as anti-islamic is a huge blunder. Any cheap travel guide (or Wikipedia) can tell you it was a coupe to stop left-wing and right-wing clashes. Geert Mak his book is not worth reading. Geert Mak has certainly not the qualities to write about somithing as important as the history of Europe. My copy is ready for paper-recycling!!

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