Turkey Book Talk

Cemil Aydin, associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on "The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History" (Harvard University Press). Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Celia Jocelyn Kerslake, Michelle Zimmer, Steve Bryant and Aaron Ataman.

Queen Mary University fellow Mehmet Kurt on "Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State" (Pluto Press). Support the podcast and get a 33% discount plus free delivery by purchasing any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Or make a donation to the Turkey Book Talk podcast via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman. 

Kapka Kassabova discusses "Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe" (Granta), on the troubled past and present of the border between Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

New York Times journalist Basharat Peer on “A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen,” exploring the parallels between Erdoğan’s Turkey and Modi’s India. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Cuma Çiçek joins to discuss his book "The Kurds of Turkey: National, Religious and Economic Identities” (IB Tauris). Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on four books from Hurst Publishers at http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Ulaş Tol joins to discuss his report "Urban Alevism and Young Alevis’ Search for Identity," written for the PODEM think tank. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on four books from Hurst Publishers at http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Benjamin Fortna discusses "The Circassian: A Life of Eşref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent" (Hurst) on the life of an Ottoman secret service operative who rebelled against the resistance forces during the war of independence. Get a 33% discount on this and other Hurst titles at http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Hale Yılmaz discusses her book “Becoming Turkish: Nationalist Reforms and Cultural Negotiations in Early Republican Turkey, 1923-1945” (Syracuse) and social engineering in Turkey past and present. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Simon Waldman and Emre Çalışkan chat about their book "The New Turkey and its Discontents" (Hurst), a good primer on how Turkey got to where it is today. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Editors Cenk Özbay and Ayşecan Terzioğlu join to discuss "The Making of Neoliberal Turkey," a collection of essays exploring the political, cultural, and social effects of economic policies implemented in Turkey since 1980. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation, small or large, via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.