far the best available and, though not always flattering to its subject, has long been a best seller in Turkey.
According to legend, Kinross writes, the Turks were guided in their ancient wanderings a gray wolf. As Islam spread north and east from Arabia after the sixth century, the Turks, dominated by the Seljuk tribe, moved from Central Asia into the Middle East, eventually substi- tuting the teachings of the Koran for their own pagan shamanistic wor- ship of earth, air, fire, and water. In 1071,...