Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence
By Jenny White and Ergün Gündüz
5/5
()
About this ebook
A powerful graphic novel that traces Turkey's descent into political violence in the 1970s through the experiences of four students on opposing sides of the conflict
Turkish Kaleidoscope tells the stories of four unforgettable protagonists as they navigate a society torn apart by violent political factions. It is 1975 and Turkey is on the verge of civil war. Faruk and Orhan are from conservative shopkeeping families in eastern Anatolia that share a sense of new possibilities. Nuray is the daughter of villagers who have migrated to the provincial city where Yunus, the son of an imprisoned teacher, was raised in genteel poverty. While attending medical school in Ankara, Faruk draws a reluctant Orhan into a right-wing nationalist group while Nuray and Yunus join the left. Against a backdrop of escalating violence, the four students fall in love, have their hearts broken, get married, raise families, and struggle to get on with their lives. But the consequences of their decisions will follow them through their lives as their children begin the story anew, skewed through the kaleidoscope of historical events.
Inspired by Jenny White's own experiences as a student in Turkey during this tumultuous period as well as original oral histories of Turks who lived through it, Turkish Kaleidoscope reveals how violent factionalism has its own emotional and cultural logic that defies ideological explanations.
Read more from Jenny White
Junior Rabbit Travels to New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLoony the Loon and the Littered Lake: A Junior Rabbit Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeadership: 12 Proven Leadership Tactics To Start Thinking Outside of the Box Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Turkish Kaleidoscope
Related ebooks
The Unknown Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy Turkey is Authoritarian: From Atatürk to Erdoan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Visit to Moscow Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Renegade: Martin Luther, The Graphic Biography Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5My Port of Beirut Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTurkey: A Past Against History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMay Day: A Graphic History of Protest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Arab of the Future 4: A Graphic Memoir of a Childhood in the Middle East, 1987-1992 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ataturk's planning of the Turkish revolution: The unknown 6 months in Istanbul Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elites and Religion Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Wolf of Baghdad: Memoir of a Lost Homeland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Remember Beirut Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Arab of the Future 2: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985: A Graphic Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Their Blood Got Mixed: Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5perpetual Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Way Forward: From Early Republic to People’s Republic (1912–1949) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemocracy: a remarkable graphic novel about the world's first democracy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Turkey: The Quest for Identity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAtatürk: An Intellectual Biography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Calendar, No December Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence: Conflict Science, Conflict Management, Antipolitics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Genocide in the Ottoman Empire: Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks, 1913-1923 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of a Turk Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom the Sultan to Atatürk: Turkey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On The Books: A Graphic Tale of Working Woes at NYC's Strand Bookstore Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Middle Eastern History For You
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5NRSV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Case for Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Rediscovered Books): A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the U.S.-Israeli War on the Palestinians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Complete Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Myths About Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Beirut to Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel and Palestine: The Complete History [2019 Edition] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine Peace Not Apartheid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine: A Socialist Introduction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Invention of the Jewish People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Promised Land: the triumph and tragedy of Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Second Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Turkish Kaleidoscope
1 rating0 reviews