Federico Donelli on “Turkey in Africa: Turkey's Strategic Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). The book looks at Ankara's bid to boost its diplomatic, cultural, economic and security influence in Africa, the effects it has had on the ground, and what to expect in the coming years.
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İlkim Büke Okyar on Arabs in Turkish popular culture
Berk Esen on the future of Turkey’s opposition and the fate of its democracy
Sinem Adar on Turkey’s dilemmas amid the Israel-Gaza war
Cihan Dizdaroğlu on Turkey-Greece ties through turbulence and rapprochement
Alp Yenen on weighing up the Republic of Turkey’s legacy at 100 years
Nilay Özok-Gündoğan on political authority in Ottoman Kurdistan
Onur İşçi on post-war Turkey-Soviet relations and Ankara’s ties with Russia today
Spyros Sofos on Turkey’s many nationalisms
Pat Yale on travelling around Turkey in the footsteps of Gertrude Bell
Anthony Bigio on Gad Franco, Sephardi Turkish patriot in times of turmoil
James Meyer on the life and times of Nazim Hikmet and his generation
Şebnem Gümüşcü on the past and future of Islamism in Turkey
Constanze Letsch on gentrification and displacement in Istanbul
Ci Demi on his surreal, unsettling photographs of Istanbul
Derin Koçer on how Erdogan won and why Turkey’s opposition failed
Demet Aslı Çaltekin on militarism and conscientious objection in Turkey
Aron Aji on the unsettling work of Turkish novelist Ferit Edgü
Tezcan Gümüş on enduring authoritarianism in Turkey’s democratic history
Paul Levin on Turks and Kurds in Sweden, geopolitics and Nato
Maureen Freely on the turbulent life and work of Turkish author Tezer Özlü
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