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Mar 2024
39m 52s

Bahar Baser on Turkey's brain drain

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
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Bahar Baser on “An Exodus from Turkey: Tales of Migration and Exile” (Edinburgh University Press), co-edited with Erdi Ozturk. The book examines the current wave of migration from Turkey, focusing on the experiences of 21 different public figures living overseas.

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