Starting with the basic question "what is this place?", award-winning journalist and novelist Ece Temelkuran guides us through her "beloved country". In challenging the authoritarian AKP government - for which she lost her job as a journalist - Temelkuran draws strength and wisdom from people, places and artistic expression.
The result is a beautifully rendered account of the struggles, hopes and tragedies which make Turkey what it is today. Lamenting the commercialisation and authoritarianism which increasingly characterises Turkish society, Temelkuran sees hope in the Gezi Park protests of 2013, the electoral breakthrough of the progressive HDP party in 2015 and in the simple kindness of ordinary people.
Much more than either straightforward history or memoir, Turkey: the Insane the Melancholy is like sitting with a friendly stranger who, over raki or coffee, reveals the secrets of this rich and complex country - the historic "bridge" between east and west.
| ISBN: | 9780755649730 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2022 |
| Author: | Ece Temelkuran |
| Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Biographies & Autobiographies Political oppression and persecution Middle Eastern history Reportage, journalism or collected columns Politics and government History and Archaeology |
Starting with the basic question "what is this place?", award-winning journalist and novelist Ece Temelkuran guides us through her "beloved country". In challenging the authoritarian AKP government - for which she lost her job as a journalist - Temelkuran draws strength and wisdom from people, places and artistic expression.
The result is a beautifully rendered account of the struggles, hopes and tragedies which make Turkey what it is today. Lamenting the commercialisation and authoritarianism which increasingly characterises Turkish society, Temelkuran sees hope in the Gezi Park protests of 2013, the electoral breakthrough of the progressive HDP party in 2015 and in the simple kindness of ordinary people.
Much more than either straightforward history or memoir, Turkey: the Insane the Melancholy is like sitting with a friendly stranger who, over raki or coffee, reveals the secrets of this rich and complex country - the historic "bridge" between east and west.
Turkey features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Political oppression and persecution, Middle Eastern history, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Politics and government, History and Archaeology
Turkey is available in Paperback, Hardback
Turkey was written by Ece Temelkuran and published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Turkey has 304 pages
£14.39