Prologue -- Turkish lessons for Germany : the Turkish war of independence as a major Weimar media event, 1919-1923 -- "Ankara in Munich" : the Hitlerputsch and Atatürk -- Hitler's "Star in the Darkness" : Nazi admiration for Atatürk and his new Turkey -- The "Turkish Führer" : Nazi hagiography and education -- The new Turkey : Nazi visions of a modern völkisch state -- The Second World War and Turkey : another Spain? -- Epilogue