Deniz Çifçi on “The Kurds and the Politics of Turkey: Agency, Territory and Religion” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). Based on extensive on-the-ground research, the book describes the diversity of interest and opinion among Kurds in Turkey. While the Kurds are often seen as a homogeneous group with unified demands, Çifçi paints a more nuanced picture.
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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
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
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