Explaining the Enduring Appeal of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Hannah Lucinda Smith and Sir John Goulden GCMG in conversation, 19 May 2021, 14.00
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Turkey: Diary of a Failed Coup
Nagihan Haliloglu is an assistant professor at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and a resident of Istanbul. Here, she records her observations and thoughts on the recent coup attempt in Turkey. I first heard that something was not quite right in Istanbul as I was sitting by the Aegean shore in Çeşme, supposedly looking…
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Invention of a Pre-Ottoman Tradition: Diriliş
Nagihan Haliloglu is an assistant professor at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Here, she writes on Diriliş – the Game of Thrones equivalent which is currently enthralling Turkish TV audiences – and meditates on what reflections it casts on contemporary Turkey. In November 2014 the streets of Istanbul were suddenly awash with posters of bearded…