Andrew Mango was born in Istanbul. He complemented his knowledge of Turkish by studying Persian and Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies in London, where he was awarded a Ph.D. for a dissertation on the Islamic versions of the legend of Alexander the Great. He joined the BBS as a student in 1947 and was for fourteen years in charge of broadcasts in Turkish. He retired in 1986 as Head of the South European and French Language Services. He has since been engaged full-time in the study of Turkish Affairs. He wrote his first article on Turkey for the Political Quarterly in 1957. Since then he has published dozens of articles, as well as two general introductions to Turkey, including Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role. He lectures and writes fluently in Turkish and is a member of the editorial boards of academic publications in Britain, France and Turkey. His most recent book is Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey.

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