Mostafa Minawi on "The Ottoman Scramble for Africa: Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz" (Stanford University Press), examining the Ottoman Empire's bid to expand its footprint in Africa and Arabia in the late-19th century age of imperialism.
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Sinem Adar on Turkey’s dilemmas amid the Israel-Gaza war
Cihan Dizdaroğlu on Turkey-Greece ties through turbulence and rapprochement
Alp Yenen on weighing up the Republic of Turkey’s legacy at 100 years
Nilay Özok-Gündoğan on political authority in Ottoman Kurdistan
Onur İşçi on post-war Turkey-Soviet relations and Ankara’s ties with Russia today
Spyros Sofos on Turkey’s many nationalisms
Pat Yale on travelling around Turkey in the footsteps of Gertrude Bell
Anthony Bigio on Gad Franco, Sephardi Turkish patriot in times of turmoil
James Meyer on the life and times of Nazim Hikmet and his generation
Şebnem Gümüşcü on the past and future of Islamism in Turkey
Constanze Letsch on gentrification and displacement in Istanbul
Ci Demi on his surreal, unsettling photographs of Istanbul
Derin Koçer on how Erdogan won and why Turkey’s opposition failed
Demet Aslı Çaltekin on militarism and conscientious objection in Turkey
Aron Aji on the unsettling work of Turkish novelist Ferit Edgü
Tezcan Gümüş on enduring authoritarianism in Turkey’s democratic history
Paul Levin on Turks and Kurds in Sweden, geopolitics and Nato
Maureen Freely on the turbulent life and work of Turkish author Tezer Özlü
Doğan Gürpınar on the intellectual order of populist Islamism in Turkey
Nesi Altaras on Turkish Jews applying for Spanish and Portuguese citizenship
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