The author of Historical Truths, İsmail Hami Danişmend, has a special place in Turkish cultural history.
He is strongly against the misunderstanding and misevaluation of Islam.
He harshly criticizes those who are ignorant of Islamic issues.
İsmail Hami Danişmend lived through the Tanzimat, National Struggle, Republic and multi-party periods.
He has a rich knowledge.
Historical Truths is composed of information and anecdotes he collected from the books he read and the people he interviewed over the years.
We learn many subjects for the first time from this work.
He also interpreted events from a Turkist and Islamic perspective.
While narrating certain periods of Turkish history and the intriguing life styles of the Ottomans, Arabs and Western countries, especially the French, through anecdotes, he always keeps the Turks in the foreground.
Many historians and men of letters were his friends during his time.
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