Elif Mahir Metinsoy on Ottoman women during W...

Kenan Orhan on “The Renovation” (Penguin). The Booker Prize longlisted novel tells the story of a woman, recently arrived in Italy, who discovers that her bathroom has been re-modelled into a cell in Istanbul's Silivri Prison. Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substac ...  Show more

Nefise Kahraman on Translation Attached, which brings lesser known Ottoman and Turkish literary gems to an English-reading audience. Translation Attached just published its seventh book, a volume of 25 short stories by the late author and diplomat Memduh Sevket Esendal (1883-1952 ...  Show more

What was life like for women in the Ottoman Empire? Was the Sultanate of Women the golden era? What was the role of the Harem? Listen as William and Anita are joined by Bettany Hughes to discuss the role of women in the Ottoman Empire. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @ ...  Show more

For this entry of Women Around the World, we focus in on the poet and activist Emtithal Mahmoud, and how her work has brought attention to war and displacement. 

Turkey emerged from the First World War as a new republic, with a secular and modern identity, attempting to break from its Ottoman past. How has this influenced Turkey today? With historians Aksin Somel and Ahmet Kuyas, and novelist Elif Shafak.