Turkey Book Talk

Esra Gürakar on "Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey" (Palgrave Macmillan), her book about how the AKP government abandoned early economic reforms in favor of cronyism and favoritism. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers, exclusive to Turkey Book Talk listeners. Support the podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Celia Jocelyn Kerslake, Michelle Zimmer, Jan-Markus Vömel, Steve Bryant, Aaron Ataman and Andrew MacDowall.

Birol Başkan, an Assistant Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, joins to discuss "Turkey and Qatar in the Tangled Geopolitics of the Middle East" (Palgrave Macmillan). Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers, exclusive to Turkey Book Talk listeners. Support the podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Celia Jocelyn Kerslake, Michelle Zimmer, Jan-Markus Vömel, Steve Bryant and Aaron Ataman.

International Crisis Group's Turkey director, Nigar Göksel, discusses their recent report “Managing Turkey’s PKK Conflict: The Case of Nusaybin.” The report examines the 33-year conflict through ground-level research in Nusaybin, a small Kurdish-majority town particularly badly hit by violence since the collapse of the peace process in summer 2015. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Celia Jocelyn Kerslake, Michelle Zimmer, Jan-Markus Vömel, Steve Bryant and Aaron Ataman.

Ryan Gingeras returns to discuss his report "Deep State of Crisis: Re-Assessing Risks to the Turkish State," written for the Bipartisan Policy Center. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Celia Jocelyn Kerslake, Michelle Zimmer, Jan-Markus Vömel, Steve Bryant and Aaron Ataman.  

Cemil Aydin, associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on "The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History" (Harvard University Press). Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Celia Jocelyn Kerslake, Michelle Zimmer, Steve Bryant and Aaron Ataman.

Queen Mary University fellow Mehmet Kurt on "Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State" (Pluto Press). Support the podcast and get a 33% discount plus free delivery by purchasing any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Or make a donation to the Turkey Book Talk podcast via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman. 

Kapka Kassabova discusses "Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe" (Granta), on the troubled past and present of the border between Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

New York Times journalist Basharat Peer on “A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen,” exploring the parallels between Erdoğan’s Turkey and Modi’s India. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on any of five books from Hurst Publishers via http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Cuma Çiçek joins to discuss his book "The Kurds of Turkey: National, Religious and Economic Identities” (IB Tauris). Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on four books from Hurst Publishers at http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.

Ulaş Tol joins to discuss his report "Urban Alevism and Young Alevis’ Search for Identity," written for the PODEM think tank. Get a 33% discount plus free delivery on four books from Hurst Publishers at http://hurstpublishers.bigcartel.com/. Support the Turkey Book Talk podcast by making a donation via Patreon. Many thanks to current supporters Özlem Beyarslan, Steve Bryant, Celia Jocelyn Kerslake and Aaron Ataman.