Cody and Claudia take on the Middle East this week. They dive into the founding of Turkey and how their first president, Mustafa Kemal, tried the novel idea of building democracy through authoritarianism. The Turkish Hat Law of 1925 merits an in depth look, and that's exactly what we're doing on this episode! Oh and there's a Noam Chomsky cameo. No big deal.

Special thanks to Camilla Nereid, author of the essay "Kemalism on the Catwalk: The Turkish Hat Law of 1925," for generously responding to emails.