Turkey Book Talk

I’m currently on holiday, but posted below are a couple of things I wrote on the coup attempt and its aftermath.

The view from Taksim Square – Times Literary Supplement.

I also spoke on the TLS podcast about that piece. Listen here (my bit is from 30.22). I wouldn’t have framed the whole thing as the presenters do, but they’re not the only ones who got the balance wrong in the aftermath of the coup, as I describe here:

Turkey and the West are heading for a breakup – War on the Rocks.

I took this photo in Taksim Square at around midnight on the night of July 15/16, just before anti-coup protesters started to amass.

I’ll be posting the next Turkey Book Talk podcast in two weeks. Thanks for your patience.