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Conversations with authors on Turkey and its region. Episodes every two weeks with @williamarmstrong.bsky.social + guests

Latest episodes: https://turkeybooktalk.com

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New episode 🚨🚨

Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on how Erdogan uses foreign policy, defence policy and strongman diplomacy to burnish his reputation and consolidate domestic support

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit on foreign policy weaponisation in Turkish domestic politics
Turkey Book Talk #257 – Senem Aydın-Düzgit, professor of international relations at Sabanci University and director of the Istanbul Policy Centre, on her article “Foreign Policy as Domestic P…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New episode 🚨🚨

Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on how Erdogan uses foreign policy, defence policy and strongman diplomacy to burnish his reputation and consolidate domestic support

👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/11/11/s...
Senem Aydın-Düzgit on foreign policy weaponisation in Turkish domestic politics
Turkey Book Talk #257 – Senem Aydın-Düzgit, professor of international relations at Sabanci University and director of the Istanbul Policy Centre, on her article “Foreign Policy as Domestic P…
turkeybooktalk.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New episode drops tomorrow 👇👇

Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on the weaponisation of foreign policy in Turkey's domestic politics

Stay tuned 📌📌

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November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Latest episode from last week 📚🎧

Nora Fisher Onar on “Contesting Pluralism: Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond” (Cambridge University Press)

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Nora Fisher Onar on Turkish political history beyond binaries
Turkey Book Talk #256 – Nora Fisher Onar, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at University of San Francisco, on “Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in…
turkeybooktalk.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New episode 📢📢

Nora Fisher Onar on “Contesting Pluralism: Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond” (Cambridge University Press)

The book challenges the idea that Turkish political history is driven by binary divides between opposing forces.

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/10/28/n...
Nora Fisher Onar on Turkish political history beyond binaries
Turkey Book Talk #256 – Nora Fisher Onar, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at University of San Francisco, on “Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in…
turkeybooktalk.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New episode drops tomorrow 📌📌

Nora Fisher Onar (@norafisheronar.bsky.social) on “Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

Stay tuned 👇👇

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October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
From last week 🎧🎧

Sean Mathews on “The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

The book explores Athens' role as a regional player and its ties with Turkey amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/10/14/s...
Sean Mathews on Greece’s regional comeback amid rivalry with Turkey
Turkey Book Talk #255 – Sean Mathews, Athens-based journalist at Middle East Eye, on “The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East” (Hurst). The book examines Greece’s c…
turkeybooktalk.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Leyla Erbil's great novel "What Remains" appeared in English translation this month, published by Deep Vellum.

Amy Marie Spangler discussed the book, which sweeps the reader from the Byzantine Empire to 20th century Turkey, in our recent episode.

Listen 👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...
Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history
Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…
turkeybooktalk.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Leyla Erbil's great novel "What Remains" appeared in English translation this month, published by Deep Vellum.

Amy Marie Spangler discussed the book, which sweeps the reader from the Byzantine Empire to 20th century Turkey, in our recent episode.

Listen 👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...
Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history
Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…
turkeybooktalk.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Turkey Book Talk
New episode 🚨🚨

Sean Mathews on “The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

The book explores Athens' role as a regional player and its ties with Turkey amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty

🎧👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/10/14/s...
Sean Mathews on Greece’s regional comeback amid rivalry with Turkey
Turkey Book Talk #255 – Sean Mathews, Athens-based journalist at Middle East Eye, on “The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East” (Hurst). The book examines Greece’s c…
turkeybooktalk.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New episode 🚨🚨

Sean Mathews on “The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

The book explores Athens' role as a regional player and its ties with Turkey amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty

🎧👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/10/14/s...
Sean Mathews on Greece’s regional comeback amid rivalry with Turkey
Turkey Book Talk #255 – Sean Mathews, Athens-based journalist at Middle East Eye, on “The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East” (Hurst). The book examines Greece’s c…
turkeybooktalk.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New episode drops tomorrow ⌛️📚

Sean Mathews on "The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East" (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

Stay tuned 👇👇

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October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Latest episode, from last week 🎧🎧

Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

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Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West
Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…
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October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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New episode 💯💯

Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...
Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West
Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New episode 💯💯

Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today

👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...
Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West
Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New episode drops tomorrow 📚📚

Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

Stay tuned 👇👇

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September 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New episode 🚨🚨

Gokhan Bacik on Turkey's citizenship-selling programme.

The conversation examines the government's Citizenship By Investment scheme, its economic and social consequences, and the way it has been discussed in the national political debate.

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Gokhan Bacik on Turkey’s citizenship-selling programme
Turkey Book Talk #253 – Gokhan Bacik, professor in the department of politics and European studies at Palacky University, on his article “Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pra…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New episode drops tomorrow 📢📢

Gokhan Bacik on his article “Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pragmatism, and Polarization,” recently published in the journal “Nationalism and Ethnic Politics”.

Stay tuned 📌📌

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September 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
From last week 📌📌

Amy Marie Spangler on the late Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by
@deepvellum.bsky.social

The book is a complex and dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey

👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...
Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history
Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Turkey Book Talk
New episode 📢📢

Amy Marie Spangler on the late, great author Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by @deepvellum.bsky.social

The book is a sophisticated, dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey

🎧👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...
Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history
Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New episode 📢📢

Amy Marie Spangler on the late, great author Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by @deepvellum.bsky.social

The book is a sophisticated, dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey

🎧👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...
Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history
Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New episode drops tomorrow 📚📚

Amy Marie Spangler on a new edition of "What Remains", a sophisticated, multi-layered historical excavation by the late novelist Leyla Erbil

Stay tuned 👇👇

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September 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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From the archive 📚📚

Claudia Liebelt (‪@claulie.bsky.social) on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/02/18/c...
Claudia Liebelt on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey
Turkey Book Talk #238 – Claudia Liebelt, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the Free University of Berlin, on “Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femini…
turkeybooktalk.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
From the archive 📚📚

Claudia Liebelt (‪@claulie.bsky.social) on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/02/18/c...
Claudia Liebelt on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey
Turkey Book Talk #238 – Claudia Liebelt, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the Free University of Berlin, on “Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femini…
turkeybooktalk.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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New episode 📢📢

Özgür Özkan on the 'dangerous illusion' of Turkey's PKK peace bid.

The conversation addresses the domestic and regional implications of Ankara's push for the Kurdish militant group's dissolution.

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/08/19/o...
Özgür Özkan on the ‘dangerous illusion’ of Turkey’s PKK peace bid
Turkey Book Talk #251 – Özgür Özkan, visiting scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, on the domestic and regional implications of Turkey’s push for the…
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August 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM