Maureen Freely discusses the eventful life of leftist woman novelist Suat Derviş (1904-1972), as well as her recently published translation of Derviş's “In the Shadow of the Yalı” (Other Press).
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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
Selim Koru on Turkey’s earthquakes and their political aftershocks
Çağdaş Üngör on what Turkey and China want from Sino-Turkish relations
Mostafa Minawi on Arab-Ottoman imperialists at the end of empire
Greg Goalwin on religious nationalism and identity in Turkey and Ireland
Derya Ozkul on Alevis in contemporary Turkey and abroad
Ryan Gingeras on the last days of the Ottoman Empire, 1918-1922
Enno Maessen on nostalgia and cosmopolitanism in Istanbul’s Beyoglu
Gönül Tol on Erdogan’s wars at home and abroad
Elise Massicard on muhtars, the state and society in Turkey
Jonathan Parry on British encounters with the Ottomans
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