Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on Muslim refugees in the Ottoman Empire

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Suzy Hansen on Turkey and an Istanbul neighborhood in the age of Erdoğan

Suzy Hansen on “From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). The book focuses on Istanbul's Karagumruk to explore the everyday impact of geopolitical upheaval, economic turbulence and the arrival of Syrian migrants in ...  Show more

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

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