Hannah Lucinda Smith on the past, present and future of Erdogan’s Turkey

August 13, 2019

Turkey Book Talk episode #96  –  Hannah Lucinda Smith on her new book “Erdoğan Rising: The Battle for the Soul of Turkey” (William Collins).

Smith has been Turkey correspondent for The Times of London since 2013 and her book is a richly reported part-biography of President Erdoğan, part-journalistic account of contemporary Turkish history.

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Posted by William Armstrong
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