Summary
"""Tremendously eclectic and classily produced . . . each volume gets under the skin of a country or a city in a multifaceted way that feels essential in these times of narrowing national horizons."" -Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller "
Contents
Turkey in numbersThe national obsession / Kaleydoskop
The icon: Bülent Ersoy / Kaleydoskop
The big dig / Elif Batuman
Don't call them soap operas / Fatima Bhutto
Turkey's thirty-year coup / Dexter Filkins
Business á la Turca / Alev Scott
Eros and Thanatos at the restaurant / Sema Kaygusuz
Of jinns and light / Burhan Sönmez
The roots of Turkish nationalism / Gerhard Schweizer
Washing away history: Hasankeyf and the Ilisu Dam / Ercan y Yilmaz
'I rap Istanbul': from Kreuzberg to Turkey and back / Begüm Kovulmaz
The sharp end of the pencil: satire in the age of Erdoǧan / Valentina Marcella
Ultras united: how the Gezi Park protests brought the fans together / Stephen Wood
A sign of the times / Kaleydoskop
An author recommends / Elif Shafak
The playlist / Açik Radyo and Kaleydoskop
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Additional Information
| Subjects |
Travelers' writings.
Turkey -- Civilization. Turkey -- History. Turkey -- Social conditions -- 1960- Turkey -- In literature. |
| Publisher | Milan :Iperborea S.r.l. and Europa Editions,2021 |
| Edition | English-language edition. |
| Other Titles | Turkey |
| Contributors |
Smith, Simon,
1970- editor. |
| Other Contributors |
Graphic design and art direction: Tomo Tomo and Pietro Buffa ; photography: Nicola Zolin ; illustrations: Edoardo Massa ; infographics and cartography: Pietro Buffa. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Cover title. Map on front endpapers. "For explorers of the world"--Front cover. |
| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9781787702424 1787702421 |
| Other | Classic View |