Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on Muslim refugees in the Ottoman Empire

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Nefise Kahraman on bringing overlooked Turkish classics to new readers

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

Dimitar Bechev on Turkey, Russia, China and the 'scramble for Europe'

Dimitar Bechev on “The Scramble for Europe: Russia, China, and Turkey Challenging Regional Order” (Oxford University Press). The book questions whether Ankara can be placed alongside Moscow and Beijing as a direct competitor to the EU, with a fundamentally different view on the c ...  Show more

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