Bilge Yesil, associate professor of media culture at City University of New York, on “Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order” (University of Illinois Press).
The book examines how the Erdogan regime has mobilised English-language media apparatuses to counter foreign criticism and project Turkey a ... Show More
Feb 17
Murat Yıldız on the Ottoman world of sports, modernisation and minorities
Murat Yıldız, associate professor of history at Skidmore College, on “The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul” (University of Texas Press) Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discoun ... Show More
42m 19s
Apr 2024
A Turkey of an Election for Erdogan: AKP losses, CHP wins, and İmamoğlu's rising star
The recent local elections in Turkey did not go to plan for President Erdogan. The voters sent a clear message to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) party and the strongman president, when they voted in unprecedented numbers for the opposition Republican People's Part ... Show More
31m 38s
Feb 2024
61. James Rubin: Working for Biden, American intervention, and the fight against Russian disinformation
“You took me to one side and said be very, very careful of these people, these neo-cons. Because they’re going to use this to do all sorts of stuff that you shouldn’t be involved in.”
What are the limits of foreign intervention? Do the American people still want their country to ... Show More
1h 8m
Apr 2024
Ep. #655: William Shatner, Piers Morgan, Gillian Tett
Bill’s guests are William Shatner, Piers Morgan, Gillian Tett (Originally aired 4/12/24)
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58m 20s
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<p>You have ten times more microbes than your own cells, and these microbes make up a significant part of your immune system. </p>
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<p>Friendly microbes support gut ... Show More
