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Back to SearchElif Mahir Metinsoy on Ottoman women during World War I
Episode 68
Elif Mahir Metinsoy on her book “Ottoman Women During World War I: Everyday Experiences, Politics and Conflict” (Cambridge University Press). The boo…
6 years, 7 months ago
Selim Deringil on the Ottoman twilight in the Arab lands
Episode 67
Selim Deringil, professor of history at the Lebanese American University, on “The Ottoman Twilight in the Arab Lands: Turkish Memoirs and Testimonies…
6 years, 7 months ago
Toygar Sinan Baykan on populism and organisation in the AKP
Episode 66
Toygar Sinan Baykan of Kırklareli University on "The Justice and Development Party: Populism, Personalism, Organization" (Cambridge University Press)…
6 years, 7 months ago
Reuben Silverman on explorations in Turkey’s 'ever-present past'
Episode 65
Reuben Silverman, author of “Turkey’s Ever Present Past: Stories from Republican Turkish History” and “Politics in Turkey: Parties, Politicians and t…
6 years, 8 months ago
Patrick Keddie on football and the story of modern Turkey
Episode 64
Patrick Keddie on “The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey” (IB Taurus/Bloomsbury), a sweeping account of the cultural, social, politica…
6 years, 8 months ago
Şevket Pamuk on the economic history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey since 1820
Episode 63
Şevket Pamuk, Professor of Economics at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University, on “Uneven Centuries: Economic Development of Turkey Since 1820” (Princeton U…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ceren Lord on religious politics in Turkey
Episode 62
Ceren Lord, Research Fellow at Oxford University’s School of Global and Area Studies, on “Religious Politics in Turkey: From the Birth of the Republi…
6 years, 9 months ago
Doğuş Şimşek and Yusuf Sayman on African migrants in Istanbul
Episode 61
Doğus Şimşek of Koç University and photographer Yusuf Sayman on “Çabuk Çabuk: Africans in Istanbul” (Pencere Yayınları). The book features text by Şi…
6 years, 10 months ago
Selda Tuncer on women and public space in Ankara, 1950 to 1980
Episode 60
Selda Tuncer, assistant professor at Yüzüncü Yıl University, on “Women and Public Space in Turkey: Gender, Modernity and the Urban Experience” (IB Ta…
6 years, 10 months ago
Selim Koru on Turkey, Russia and the power of political resentment
Episode 59
Selim Koru on his paper: “The Resiliency of Turkey-Russia Relations.” Despite being historic rivals and at odds on many issues, Koru argues that Anka…
6 years, 11 months ago