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'''Andrew James Alexander Mango''' (born 1926) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] author who was born in [[Istanbul| Constantinople]], [[Turkey]], one of three sons of a prosperous Anglo-[[Russia]]n family. He is the brother of the distinguished Oxford historian and Byzantinist Professor [[Cyril Mango]]. Mango's early years were passed in Istanbul(Constantinople) but in the mid-1940s he left for Ankara and a job as a press officer in the British Embassy. He moved to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1947 and has lived in [[London]] ever since. He holds degrees from [[London University]], including a doctorate on Persian literature. He joined [[BBC]]'s Turkish section while still a student and spent his entire career in the External Services, rising to be Turkish Programme Organiser and then Head of the South European Service. He retired in 1986.
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'''Andrew James Alexander Mango''' (14 June 1926 – 6 July 2014) was a British BBC employee and author.
==Writings on Turkey and Atatürk==


==Life==
Mango abandoned his early intention of becoming an academic, finding his career at the [[BBC]] congenial. He also wrote copiously in his spare time, publishing books and pamphlets on Turkey of which ''Turkey'' (1968) and ''Discovering Turkey'' (1971) are the most important. In addition he wrote a large number of shorter articles and working papers for British and American thinktanks on Turkey and its strategic role. He has also written for many years an annual review of major western studies of Turkey for the academic journal, ''Middle East Studies''.
He was born in [[Istanbul]], one of three sons of Alexander Mango, an Italian-Greek barrister and his [[White movement|White Russian]] wife Adelaide Damonov; the Byzantinist [[Cyril Mango]] was his younger brother. He was brought up in Istanbul and mastered a number of languages.<ref name="Guard">{{cite news |last1=Fryer |first1=Jonathan |title=Andrew Mango obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/21/andrew-mango |work=The Guardian |date=21 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
The high point of Mango's career as an author, however, came after he retired from the BBC in 1986 when he was commissioned by the British publishers, John Murray, to write a new biography of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}}. The aim was to replace the earlier biography written by [[John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross|Lord Kinross]] who, though enthusiastic about Atatürk, had not actually been able to read Turkish sources himself.
Mango spent five years on the biography, using Turkish printed sources though not archival material.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} It has been claimed that his biography of Kemal Atatürk constitutes the definitive account among many other works and "reveals the long suppressed darker aspects of its subject, showing us a far more complex personality than we had seen before."<ref>[http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/18/apr00/fromkin.htm#back1 Atatürk’s creation by David Fromkin<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He presents Atatürk's life within the broad framework of the future of the Ottoman lands at the beginning of the twentieth century and the question of what homeland, if any, the Western Powers would leave to the Turks in the coming breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. He presents Atatürk's life within the broad framework of the future of the Ottoman lands at the beginning of the twentieth century and the question of the nature of the new Turkish state. Like earlier biographers of Atatürk, Mango gives a highly detailed account of the events of Gallipoli and the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923) and as a result the final decade of Atatürk's life when he was attempting to transform Turkey into a western-style nation is somewhat compressed. The biography has in general been warmly received and is now regarded as the standard life of the founder of the Republic.


While still young, Mango took a job as press officer in the British Embassy at [[Ankara]]. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1947 and lived in London until his death.<ref name="Guard"/> He held degrees from the [[University of London]], including a doctorate on Persian literature.
Mango's next work, ''The Turks Today'' had a more mixed critical reception. He argues that Turkey has now become a modern urban metropolitan industrial society and that the gap with western Europe is closing fast. Mango, in line with a number of economic forecasters, suggests that by the middle of the present century, Turkey will rank in the middle of [[OECD]] group in terms of per capita income and because of its size will thus have become a major economic power. Turkey is already the sixth largest external trading partner of the European Union. Mango disagrees with those who believe that political Islamism is a danger in Turkey, comparing its role to that of the Christian church in Victorian England. A number of reviewers also commented that the book contained too many statistics to make an easy read.The Turks Today'' is probably the best single volume account of Turkey at the opening of the 21st century.


Mango joined the [[BBC]]'s Turkish section while a student and spent his entire career in the External Services, rising to be Turkish Programme Organiser and then Head of the South European Service. He retired in 1986.<ref name=Death>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ataturk-biographer-andrew-mango-dies-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=68772&NewsCatID=386|title=Atatürk biographer Andrew Mango dies|date=7 July 2014|publisher=hurriyetdailynews.com}}</ref> He died at the age of 88 on 6 July 2014. His death was announced by Richard Moore, the British Ambassador to Turkey.<ref name=Death/><ref>[http://www.todayszaman.com/son-dakika/news-352290-prominent-scholar-on-turkey-andrew-mango-dies.html Prominent scholar on Turkey Andrew Mango dies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170723/http://www.todayszaman.com/son-dakika/news-352290-prominent-scholar-on-turkey-andrew-mango-dies.html |date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref>
In 2005, Mango published ''Turkey and the War on Terrorism'', a medium-length study of terrorist movements in Turkey and their international links, arguing that the problems with which the West is grappling since 9/11 have been faced by the Turks for many years.


==Bibliography==
==Works==
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*''Turkey'' (1968)
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*''Discovering Turkey'' (1971)
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*''Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role'' (1994)
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*''Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey'' (1999)
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*''[[The Turks Today]]'' (2004)
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*''Turkey and the War on Terrorism'' (2005)
*''From the Sultan to Atatürk — Turkey'' (2009)


His background in Persian and Arabic studies allowed Mango to master Ottoman Turkish. He wrote his PhD thesis at the [[SOAS, University of London|SOAS]] on [[Alexander the Great]]. Where he later throughout his career would also lecture as guest, and advise on modern Turkish studies.
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*''Turkey and the War on Terrorism'', (2005)
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*''[[The Turks Today]]'', (2004)
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*''Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey'', (2000)
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*''Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role'', (1994)
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*''Discovering Turkey'', 1971
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*''Turkey'', 1968


Mango published his first book in 1968, while he was working for the BBC. After his retirement his productivity increased. His book on [[Kemal Atatürk]], from 1999, established an international reputation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11102508/Andrew-Mango-obituary.html|title=Andrew Mango - obituary|date=17 September 2014|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref>
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==References==
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==Notes==
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==References==
* Barchard, David, "The Brothers Mango", [http://www.cornucopia.net/magazine/articles/the-brothers-mango/ Cornucopia Magazine No 19, Winter 1999 (excerpt)].
* Christopher de Bellaigue, [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14094 Article about Mango], [[New York Review of Books]]
* Christopher de Bellaigue, [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14094 Article about Mango], [[New York Review of Books]]
* Finkel, Caroline, ''Osman's Dream'', (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930."
* [[Özdem Sanberk|Sanberk, Özdem]], "[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/obituary-for-andrew-mango-1926-2014.aspx?pageID=449&nID=68798&NewsCatID=526 Obituary for Andrew Mango (1926-2014)]" [[Hürriyet Daily News]] 8 July 2014.
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Latest revision as of 10:11, 5 November 2024

Andrew Mango
Mango in 2009 at a conference in Ankara, Turkey
Mango in 2009 at a conference in Ankara, Turkey
Born14 June 1926
Istanbul, Turkey
Died6 July 2014(2014-07-06) (aged 88)
London, United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish, Turkish
NationalityBritish

Andrew James Alexander Mango (14 June 1926 – 6 July 2014) was a British BBC employee and author.

Life

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He was born in Istanbul, one of three sons of Alexander Mango, an Italian-Greek barrister and his White Russian wife Adelaide Damonov; the Byzantinist Cyril Mango was his younger brother. He was brought up in Istanbul and mastered a number of languages.[1]

While still young, Mango took a job as press officer in the British Embassy at Ankara. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1947 and lived in London until his death.[1] He held degrees from the University of London, including a doctorate on Persian literature.

Mango joined the BBC's Turkish section while a student and spent his entire career in the External Services, rising to be Turkish Programme Organiser and then Head of the South European Service. He retired in 1986.[2] He died at the age of 88 on 6 July 2014. His death was announced by Richard Moore, the British Ambassador to Turkey.[2][3]

Works

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  • Turkey (1968)
  • Discovering Turkey (1971)
  • Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role (1994)
  • Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey (1999)
  • The Turks Today (2004)
  • Turkey and the War on Terrorism (2005)
  • From the Sultan to Atatürk — Turkey (2009)

His background in Persian and Arabic studies allowed Mango to master Ottoman Turkish. He wrote his PhD thesis at the SOAS on Alexander the Great. Where he later throughout his career would also lecture as guest, and advise on modern Turkish studies.

Mango published his first book in 1968, while he was working for the BBC. After his retirement his productivity increased. His book on Kemal Atatürk, from 1999, established an international reputation.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Fryer, Jonathan (21 July 2014). "Andrew Mango obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ a b "Atatürk biographer Andrew Mango dies". hurriyetdailynews.com. 7 July 2014.
  3. ^ Prominent scholar on Turkey Andrew Mango dies Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Andrew Mango - obituary". The Telegraph. 17 September 2014.

References

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