Constanze Letsch on gentrification and displacement in Istanbul

Constanze Letsch on gentrification and displa...

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Faisal Devji on the crisis of 'global Islam' in Turkey and elsewhere

Faisal Devji on “Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam” (Yale University Press). The book argues that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Islam in countries including Turkey transformed into a modern ideological system like capitalism or communism, but this pr ...  Show more

Ryan Gingeras on organised crime in Turkey's modern history

Ryan Gingeras, author of “Mafia: A Global History” (Simon & Schuster) and “Heroin, Organized Crime, and the Making of Modern Turkey” (Oxford University Press), on the influence of criminal organisations in Turkey's political and economic life over the decades. Please support Turk ...  Show more

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