Ömer Tekdemir on the Kurdish issue from the 19th century to today

Serhun Al on the historical origins of Turkey's Kurdish question: Serhun Al, co-editor of “Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East” (Palgrave Macmillan) and author of “Patterns of Nationhood and Saving the State in Turkey” (Routledge), on the historical origins of Turkey's Kurdish issue and the latest crackdown... by Turkey Book Talk

47 min listen

Umut Azak on Hagia Sophia and the future of Turkey's religious nationalist status quo: Umut Azak of Istanbul's Okan University on Hagia Sophia's conversion from museum to mosque, the history of calls on Turkey's religious right to take the step, and the future of the country's religious nationalist status quo under President Erdoğan. Becom... by Turkey Book Talk

26 min listen

Jenny White on the deep scars of political violence in Turkey's 1970s: Jenny White, professor at Stockholm University's Institute for Turkish Studies, on "Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence" (Princeton University Press). The graphic novel, illustrated by Ergün Gündüz, tells the story of young protag... by Turkey Book Talk

48 min listen

Alan Mikhail on Selim I, the Ottoman Empire and the making of the modern world: Alan Mikhail, professor of history at Yale University, on "God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern World" (WW Norton). The book is a continent-spanning account of the life and times of Selim I, who ruled from 1512 to 1... by Turkey Book Talk

44 min listen

Berk Esen on the political economy behind Turkey's democratic distress: Berk Esen, assistant professor of international relations at Bilkent University, on his paper “Why did Turkish democracy collapse? A political economy account of the AKP's authoritarianism”, co-authored with Şebnem Gümüşçü for the Party Politics journal.... by Turkey Book Talk

49 min listen

Zeynep Çelik on archaeology and heritage in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey: Zeynep Çelik, professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, on the origins of archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, the response to the European pursuit of antiquities, and questions of heritage in contemporary Turkey. Become a Turkey... by Turkey Book Talk

32 min listen

Ahmet Kuru on Islam, authoritarianism and underdevelopment: Ahmet Kuru on "Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison" (Cambridge University Press). Become a Turkey Book Talk member to support the podcast and get English/Turkish transcripts of every interview, transcripts of... by Turkey Book Talk

38 min listen

Ömer Taşpınar on what the West gets wrong about the Middle East and Turkey: Omer Taşpınar, professor at the US National War College and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, on “What the West is Getting Wrong about the Middle East: Why Islam is Not the Problem” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). Become a Turkey Book Talk member to su... by Turkey Book Talk

50 min listen

Christine Philliou on reimagining Turkish history and the roots of political dissent: Christine Philliou, associate professor of history at UC Berkeley, on “Turkey: A Past Against History” (University of California Press). The book examines the life of the writer Refik Halid Karay (1888-1965), interrogating the shifting meaning of politic... by Turkey Book Talk

42 min listen

Jeremy Seal on Adnan Menderes and the long shadow of Turkey's 1960 coup: Jeremy Seal on “A Coup in Turkey: A Tale of Democracy, Despotism and Vengeance in a Divided Land” (Penguin). The book explores the legacy of Adnan Menderes, who became the Republic of Turkey's first democratically elected prime minister in 1950 before be... by Turkey Book Talk

42 min listen

Nicholas Danforth on memory and modernity in contemporary Turkey: Nicholas Danforth on “The Remaking of Republican Turkey: Memory and Modernity since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire” (Cambridge University Press). The book upends conventional wisdom about social and political shifts from 1945 to 1960, with many implicati... by Turkey Book Talk

47 min listen

Dimitris Kamouzis on the emergence of Greek nationalism in Ottoman Istanbul: Dimitris Kamouzis on “Greeks in Turkey: Elite Nationalism and Minority Politics in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul” (Routledge). The book explores the spread of nationalism and ideas of unity with Greece among Istanbul's Greek Orthodox communi... by Turkey Book Talk

36 min listen

Louis Fishman on Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Louis Fishman, associate professor at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, on “Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland” (Edinburgh University Press). Become a Turkey Book Talk member to support the ... by Turkey Book Talk

42 min listen

Jan-Markus Vomel on the past and future of political Islam in Turkey: Jan-Markus Vömel, doctoral candidate at the University of Konstanz, on the origins and development of political Islam in Turkey from the 1950s to 2000, as well as its role today. Become a Turkey Book Talk member to support the podcast and get English/Tur... by Turkey Book Talk

33 min listen

Malte Fuhrmann on cosmopolitan life in port cities of the late Ottoman era: Malte Fuhrmann, research fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, on “Port Cities of the East Mediterranean: Urban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire” (Cambridge University Press). The book paints a panorama of cultural and social life in the diver... by Turkey Book Talk

54 min listen

Mostafa Minawi on the Ottoman Empire's scramble for Africa: 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... by Turkey Book Talk

40 min listen

Sinem Adar on the militarisation of Turkey's foreign policy: Sinem Adar, associate in the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the SWP think tank in Berlin, on the hardening of Turkey's foreign policy in the Middle East, the East Mediterranean and Europe, as well as the Turkish government's soft power investments.... by Turkey Book Talk

38 min listen

Mustafa Menshawy on the Muslim Brotherhood in exile in Turkey: Mustafa Menshawy, author of “Leaving the Muslim Brotherhood: Self, Society and the State” (Palgrave), on how the migration of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members from Egypt to Turkey in recent years has changed the group. Become a Turkey ... by Turkey Book Talk

34 min listen

Taner Doğan on ideology and charisma in Erdoğan's communication strategy: Taner Doğan on “Communication Strategies in Turkey: Erdogan, the AKP and Political Messaging” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). Support Turkey Book Talk by becoming a member. Members get a 30% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Blo... by Turkey Book Talk

28 min listen

Magdalena Zaborowska on James Baldwin's Turkish decade: Magdalena Zaborowska, professor of literature at the University of Michigan, on "James Baldwin's Turkish Decade: Erotics of Exile" (Duke University Press). The book looks at the great African American author's extensive periods living and working in Ista... by Turkey Book Talk

44 min listen

Richard Antaramian on Ottoman modernisation and the Armenian community: Richard Antaramian, assistant professor of history at the University of Southern California, on “Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire: Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire” (Stanford University Press), examining the Armenian communit... by Turkey Book Talk

42 min listen

Chiara Maritato on women in Turkey's state religious agency: Chiara Maritato on "Women, Religion and the State in Contemporary Turkey" (Cambridge University Press), examining the causes and effects of women's expanded role in Turkey's state religious agency over the past 20 years. Become a Turkey Book Talk member ... by Turkey Book Talk

27 min listen

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk on Turkey's cultural, political and religious footprint in the Balkans: Ahmet Erdi Öztürk on “Religion, Identity and Power: Turkey and the Balkans in the 21st Century" (Edinburgh University Press). Based on extensive fieldwork, the book examines how Turkey's religious nationalist transformation under Erdoğan is reflected in ... by Turkey Book Talk

35 min listen

Buke Uras on the Balyan family and the Ottoman Armenian architectural legacy: Büke Uras on “The Balyans: Ottoman Architecture and the Balyan Archive” (Korpus). The Balyan family served as Ottoman imperial architects for three generations in the 19th century and are responsible for some of Istanbul's most iconic monuments, includin... by Turkey Book Talk

38 min listen

Giancarlo Casale on Osman of Timişoara, Ottoman captive in 17th century Europe: Giancarlo Casale on “Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in 17th Century Europe” (UC Press). Casale edited and translated the book, the first English-language edition of Osman of Timişoara's fascinating memoir describing his years a... by Turkey Book Talk

31 min listen

Natalie Rothman on dragomans of the Ottoman Empire, between East and West: Natalie Rothman on “The Dragoman Renaissance: Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism” (Cornell University Press). The book shows how Istanbul-based translator-interpreters were key in shaping outside understanding of the Ottoman Empire, as... by Turkey Book Talk

34 min listen

Evren Savcı on Turkey's LGBT movement, from flourishing to crackdown: Evren Savcı, author of "Queer in Translation: Sexual Politics Under Neoliberal Islam" (Duke University Press), on shifting discourse around LGBT rights in Turkey and the government's mounting rhetoric against activists. Support Turkey Book Talk by becomi... by Turkey Book Talk

33 min listen

Gülay Türkmen on Turks, Kurds and the limits of religious unity: Gülay Türkmen on "Under the Banner of Islam: Turks, Kurds and the Limits of Religious Unity" (Oxford University Press). The book addresses how Islam has been used as a tool of both unity and resistance by various sides in Turkey's Kurdish question. Becom... by Turkey Book Talk

44 min listen

Çiğdem Oğuz on moral panic and westernisation in the late Ottoman era and today: Çiğdem Oğuz on “Moral Crisis in the Ottoman Empire: Society, Politics and Gender during WWI” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). The book examines debates about morality in the late Ottoman era, when mounting European cultural influence triggered anxiety about the l... by Turkey Book Talk

30 min listen

Suna Çağaptay on the many lives of Bursa from antiquity to today: Suna Çağaptay on “The First Capital of the Ottoman Empire: The Religious, Architectural and Social History of Bursa” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). The book examines Bursa's history from antiquity to today, particularly its hybrid and plural character after tra... by Turkey Book Talk

41 min listen

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