he Republic of Turkey enters the sixties a nation triumphant but tired. From the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the War of Independence and Atatürk's reforms, the Turkish people grew accustomed to change. But change is a fickle thing, a lesson learned harshly as Peker pushed that change to its limits.President İnönü is a man respected almost universally as a hero, but not so as a politician. The country led by his CHP reels at a wish they hoped they would not need to grant so soon: free and fair multiparty elections. Some would see Kemalism reformed, adjusted to the new age. Some would see Kemalism's principles as prudent, but not policy. Others still lurk behind the scene licking their wounds at Peker's temporary setback, and yet deeper lurks the remnants of his cryptic cadre plotting their next move.As the borders expanded, so too did the problems with a bloated bureaucracy of Inspectorate Generals and corrupt "sister republics". Across the borders are ostensible allies with conflicting interests in the west and the bloodthirsty Germans in the north, the other forces in the region changing allegiance at the highest bidder. Should a good future be found for the republic, Turkish freedom and power must flourish into something that would make Atatürk proud.