Turkey Book Talk

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Turkey Book Talk Podcast

Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.

  1. 5 HR AGO

    Samim Akgönül on 100 years of Turkish-Greek relations

    Samim Akgönül, director of the Department of Turkish Studies at the University of Strasbourg, on ”One Hundred Years of Greek-Turkish Relations The Human Dimension of an Ongoing Conflict” (Edinburgh University Press). Based on over two decades of on-the-ground research in Turkey and Greece, the book examines popular conceptions of the other in both countries, showing how lived experience complicates straightforward historical narratives. Become a member on either Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    38 min

  2. 10 SEPT

    Çağdaş Üngör on Turkey's geopolitical dilemmas in the Asia-Pacific century

    Çağdaş Üngör discusses her recent articles ”A Bridge No More? Turkiye’s Geopolitical Significance in the 21st Century” in the journal Survival and ”A ’Bridge’ Pushed to the Periphery? Turkey’s Geopolitical Significance in the Asia-Pacific Century” in Turkish Studies. The two pieces challenge the popular conception that Ankara is poised to leverage its unique geographical location to rise to greater geopolitical prominence in an emerging multipolar world order. The idea of Turkey having a crucial ”bridge” status goes back decades, but Üngör argues that Ankara in fact risks being sidelined as power and attention shift to Asia and divisions deepen between the US and China. Çağdaş Üngör is professor of political science at Istanbul’s Marmara University, non-resident fellow at Washington’s Middle East Institute and fellow at SWP Berlin’s Center for Applied Turkey Studies. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    39 min

  3. 27 AUG

    Karabekir Akkoyunlu on religion and democracy in Turkey and Iran

    Karabekir Akkoyunlu, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at SOAS, on ”Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey: Tutelary Consolidation, Popular Contestation” (Edinburgh University Press). The book makes the case that the political systems under the clergy in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the military in the Republic of Turkey have had surprising similarities - as well as important differences. The conversation also considers how the two systems have transformed in recent decades, as well as how present-day social and political power struggles are shifting the landscape in both countries. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    42 min

  4. 13 AUG

    Eugene Rogan on communal violence and the end of the old Ottoman world

    Eugene Rogan, professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Oxford, on ”The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World” (Allen Lane). The book examines how in July 1860 Damascus exploded in communal violence, when a mostly Muslim crowd tried to exterminate the Christian community - a shocking eruption of violence after hundreds of years of relative peace and coexistence. It looks at why tensions built up in the decades before 1860, as well as how the Ottoman authorities oversaw recovery of the region in the aftermath. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    46 min

  5. 30 JUL

    Umit Kurt on Gaziantep's forgotten Armenian past

    Umit Kurt, assistant professor of history at the University of Newcastle, Australia, on ”The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province” (Harvard University Press). The book draws on Armenian, Ottoman, Turkish, British and French archives, memoirs, personal papers, oral accounts and property liquidation records, to detail the dispossession of Antep’s historic Armenian community and the transfer of their wealth and resources to Ottoman and later Turkish Muslim elites. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    30 min

  6. 16 JUL

    Ozge Samanci on visualising Istanbul's sociopolitical currents

    Ozge Samanci, artist and associate professor at Northwestern University, on her new graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (Uncivilized Books). The semi-autobiographical story is a murder mystery centred on a group of students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul in the 1990s. It follows up from her previous highly successful graphic novel “Dare to Disappoint”. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    24 min

  7. 2 JUL

    Sami Kent on stories from Turkey’s first hundred years

    Sami Kent on “The Endless Country: A Personal Journey Through Turkey’s First Hundred Years” (Picador). The book paints a portrait of Turkey by combining accounts of key events from previous decades with Sami’s personal reflections on growing up learning about his paternal homeland from afar, before coming to work in the country as a journalist. Become a member to support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    33 min

  8. 17 JUN

    Bradley Secker on the pleasures and perils of photojournalism in Istanbul

    Istanbul-based photojournalist Bradley Secker discusses his work on migration, LGBT+ asylum seekers in the Middle East and Europe, the difficulties of practicing journalism in Turkey and the broader state of photojournalism. Bradley recently launched a Substack, in which he tackles various aspects of his work and the challenges of working in the industry. Become a member to support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

    39 min
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Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.

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  • Creator
    William Armstrong
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2015 . All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Turkey Book Talk

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