Enno Maessen on nostalgia and cosmopolitanism in Istanbul’s Beyoglu

November 22, 2022

Turkey Book Talk #181 – Enno Maessen, lecturer in political history at Utrecht University, on “Representing Modern Istanbul: Urban History and International Institutions in Twentieth Century Beyoglu” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury).

The book examines convulsive changes in Istanbul’s historical Beyoglu district over the past century.

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Posted by William Armstrong
Filed in History, Interviews, Istanbul, Minorities, Nationalism, Podcast, Politics, Turkey, Turkish history, Turkish politics, Turkish republic
Tags: Beyoglu, Enno Maessen, interview, Istanbul, podcast, Turkey, Turkey Book Talk, Turkish history, Turkish politics

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