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Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 17h

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Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

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Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…

Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 8d

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Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today

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Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 8d

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Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America's Wife, America's Concubine” (Cambridge University Press)

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 8d

Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 8d

New episode 💯💯

Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...

Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 9d

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 9d

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Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

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All Substack/Patreon supporters get access to transcripts of all interviews, as well as a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social / @ibtauris.bsky.social

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

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Gokhan Bacik on Turkey's citizenship-selling programme

Gokhan Bacik on his article “Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pragmatism, and Polarization,” recently published in the journal “Nationalism and Ethnic Politics”

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pragmatism, and Polarization

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

Interview is based on his article “Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pragmatism, and Polarization,” recently published in the journal “Nationalism and Ethnic Politics”

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Turkey’s 2016 Citizenship by Investment Programme has sparked significant debates on citizenship. This study examines how five major Turkish political parties conceptualize citizenship through thei...

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

New episode 🚨🚨

Gokhan Bacik on Turkey's citizenship-selling programme.

The conversation examines the government's Citizenship By Investment scheme, its economic and social consequences, and the way it has been discussed in the national political debate.

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Gokhan Bacik on Turkey’s citizenship-selling programme

Turkey Book Talk #253 – Gokhan Bacik, professor in the department of politics and European studies at Palacky University, on his article “Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pra…

Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil's dark vision of Istanbul's history

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 23d

New episode drops tomorrow 📢📢

Gokhan Bacik on his article “Selling Citizenship in Turkey: Political Parties, Pragmatism, and Polarization,” recently published in the journal “Nationalism and Ethnic Politics”.

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 27d

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Amy Spangler on the late Leyla Erbil's epic, sweeping 2011 novel "What Remains". Amy co-translated the book with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers for a new edition published by Deep Vellum

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 27d

Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 27d

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Amy Marie Spangler on the late Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by
@deepvellum.bsky.social

The book is a complex and dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey

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Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…

Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · Sep 2

New episode 📢📢

Amy Marie Spangler on the late, great author Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by @deepvellum.bsky.social

The book is a sophisticated, dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey

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Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…