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 protagonists caught up in the social turbulence leading to Turkey's 1980 coup.
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Amy Spangler on the writing of Sevgi Soysal and running a literary agency in Istanbul
Michael Provence on the last Ottoman generation and the making of the Middle East
Jonathan Varjabedian on family letters from Anatolia to America, 1912 to 1919
Cengiz Erişen on emotions and election campaigns in Turkey
Erin Banco on the plundering of Iraqi Kurdistan's oil wealth
John McManus on football culture and society in Turkey
Volkan Yılmaz on the politics of healthcare and welfare in Turkey
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş on Turkey and Europe beyond hypocrisy
Diana Darke on Abu Chaker and the modern history of Syria
Max Hoffman on Turkey's latest nationalist wave
Ceren Baysan on voters, parties and polarization in Turkey
Mehmet Kentel on the world of Ottoman caricaturist Yusuf Franko
Karabekir Akkoyunlu on the 'exit from democracy' in Turkey and beyond
Edhem Eldem on Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II between fantasy and reality
Cathy Otten on Yezidi women and Iraq after the Islamic State
Ezgi Başaran on ‘frontline Turkey,’ Gülenists and the Kurdish peace process
Raja Shehadeh on 'travels with his Ottoman uncle,' Palestine and the First World War
Lora Sarı on the Istanbul-based Armenian publisher Aras
Özlem Madi-Şişman on Muslims, money and democracy in Turkey
Fikret Adaman on Erdoğan, the environment and economic policy in Turkey
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