ishGeneralStaffMilitaryMuseum(AskeriMüze)inIstanbul;theTurkishMinis-
tryofDefenseArchivesinAnkaraandthereadingroomstaffatthePrimeMin-
isterʼsOttomanandRepublicanArchivesinIstanbulandAnkara.Iamalsoob-
lidgedtothelibrariansoftheTurkishNationalAssemblyandparticularlytothe
TurkishNationalLibraryinAnkara.
Mostimportantly,IwouldalsoliketothankmywifeAycaandbothourfam-
ilies.Withouttheunconditionalsupportofmyparentsinthefirstyearsofthe
project and withoutAycaʼspatience and lovingunderstanding,this work
wouldnothavebeenpossible.
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