Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every tw
Brett Wilson on his translation of Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu's 1922 novel "Nur Baba" (Routledge). Th
Omar Kadkoy, foreign policy, security and migration program coordinator at Heinrich Böll Stiftung's
Zozan Pehlivan on "The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the La
Samuel J. Hirst on "Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalis
Ralph Hubbell on translating Oğuz Atay's "Waiting for the Fear" (New York Review Books). Atay is wid
Jennifer Hattam reflects on a decade-and-a-half of reporting on Turkey's environmental, polit
Salim Çevik on his recent SWP paper "Turkey’s Reconciliation Efforts in the Middle East: Ambit
Orçun Selçuk on "The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization" (University of N
Ezgi Başaran on "The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions Between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Br
Samim Akgönül, director of the Department of Turkish Studies at the University of Strasbourg, on "
Çağdaş Üngör discusses her recent articles "A Bridge No More? Turkiye’s Geopolitical Significance i
Karabekir Akkoyunlu, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at SOAS, on "Guardianship and De
Eugene Rogan on "The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman
Umit Kurt on "The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province" (Harvard Un
Ozge Samanci on her graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (Uncivilized Books). The semi-autobiographical
Sami Kent on “The Endless Country: A Personal Journey Through Turkey’s First Hundred Years” (Picador
Istanbul-based photojournalist Bradley Secker discusses his work on migration, LGBT+ asylum seekers
Bilge Yesil on “Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State”
Emre Toros on “Electoral Integrity in Turkey” (Edinburgh University Press). The book weighs up the
