[THE MYTH OF ORIGIN IN THE EARLY REPUBLICAN THEATRE PLAYS] Sümer Ülkerleri: Türk tarihinin 3 perdelik bir görünüşü. Cover illustration by Ömer

[ULUKUT], A. ISMET. Ülkü Kitaphanesi / Nümune Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1934. Original illustrated wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 56 p. First and only edition of this uncommon early Republican play claiming that the Sumerians are of Turkic origin, written by a Turkish poet and writer, depicting on the cover an ancient Turkish warrior shooting an arrow. The book contains constant references that the founders of the Sumerians were Turks. “With the proclamation of the Republic and the departure from the political and social order of the Ottoman Empire, the construction of an envisaged nation-state began. The envisaged nation-state would be built upon the modal of Western public institutions and Mustafa Kemal would be the leader of it. It would be a secular state and the new regime of the state of Turkey would be the Republic. Many different communities belonging to different beliefs and nations existed on the land where the Republic of Turkey was founded. Therefore, it was impossi