Turkey Book Talk

By William Armstrong

Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.... more

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The podcast currently has 338 episodes available.

Turkey Book Talk episodes:

May 13, 2016 Ryan Gingeras on the fall of the Ottoman sultanate
Ryan Gingeras returns to the podcast to discuss his new book "The Fall of the Sultanate: The Great War and the End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1922" (Oxford University Press).
Support the podcast via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant and Andrew Cruickshank.

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30min
April 15, 2016 Cihan Tuğal on the fall of the 'Turkish model'
Cihan Tuğal, a sociologist at UC Berkeley, chats about "The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism" (Verso), charting how Turkey went from a model "Muslim democracy" for the Middle East to an increasingly authoritarian state.

You can support the podcast via Patreon. Many thanks to current sponsors Sera Aleksandra Marshall and Andrew Cruickshank.

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34min
April 15, 2016 Cihan Tuğal on the fall of the ‘Turkish model’
Cihan Tuğal, a sociologist at UC Berkeley, chats about "The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism" (Verso), charting how Turkey went from a model "Muslim democracy" for the Middle East to an increasingly authoritarian state.

You can support the podcast via Patreon. Many thanks to current sponsors Sera Aleksandra Marshall and Andrew Cruickshank.

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34min
March 25, 2016 Judy Saryan on Zabel Yessayan and the 1909 massacres of Armenians in Adana
Editor Judith Saryan on a new edition of Zabel Yessayan's account of a trip to Adana in the aftermath of pogroms targeting Armenians there in 1909. "In the Ruins: The 1909 Massacres of Armenians in Adana, Turkey" (AIWA) is the first full English edition of the book to be published.

You can support the podcast via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporter Sera Aleksandra Marshall.
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26min
March 12, 2016 Mustafa Gürbüz on 'rival Kurdish movements'
Mustafa Gürbüz chats about his book “Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey: Transforming Ethnic Conflict” (Amsterdam University Press), on how internal dynamics are key to understanding Turkey's Kurdish question.
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26min
March 12, 2016 Mustafa Gürbüz on ‘rival Kurdish movements’

Mustafa Gürbüz chats about his book “Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey: Transforming Ethnic Conflict” (Amsterdam University Press), on how internal dynamics are key to understanding Turkey's Kurdish question.
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26min
February 20, 2016 Şakir Dinçşahin on the life and times of Niyazi Berkes, 1908-1988
Şakir Dinçşahin discusses his book "State and Intellectuals in Turkey: The Life and Times of Niyazi Berkes, 1908-1988" (Rowman).
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35min
February 05, 2016 Frederike Geerdink on Turkey's Kurdish question
Frederike Geerdink on "The Boys are Dead: The Roboski Massacre and the Kurdish Question in Turkey" (Gomidas), discussing her time as a journalist in the Kurdish-majority city Diyarbakır and the troubled history/present of the issue.
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26min
February 05, 2016 Frederike Geerdink on Turkey’s Kurdish question
Frederike Geerdink on "The Boys are Dead: The Roboski Massacre and the Kurdish Question in Turkey" (Gomidas), discussing her time as a journalist in the Kurdish-majority city Diyarbakır and the troubled history/present of the issue.
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26min
January 22, 2016 Ryan Gingeras on ‘Atatürk: Heir to an Empire’
Ryan Gingeras discusses his new biography of the Turkish Republic's founding father, "Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: Heir to an Empire" (Oxford University Press).
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27min

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