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ISBN-10: 1787702421
ISBN-13: 9781787702424
Publisher: Passenger
Publish Date: 02/09/2021
Dimensions: 9.40" L, 6.30" W, 0.70" H

The Passenger: Turkey

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The Big Dig by Elif Batuman – A Story of Dust and Light by Burhan Sönmez – An Author Recommends by Elif Shafak – plus: the thirty-year coup and the dam that is washing away 12,000 years of history, and more.

The birth of the “New Turkey,” as the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called his own creation, is an exemplary story of the rise of “illiberal democracies” through the erosion of civil liberties, press freedom, and the independence of the judicial system. Turkey was a complex country long before the rise of its new sultan: born out of the ashes of a vast multi- ethnic and multi-religious empire, Turkey has grappled through its relatively short history with the definition of its own identity. Poised between competing ideologies, secularism and piousness, a militaristic nationalism and exceptional openness to foreigners, Turkey defies easy labels and categories. Through the voices of some of its best writers and journalists- many of them in self-imposed exile–The Passenger tries to make sense of this fascinating, maddening country, analyzing how it got to where it is now, and finding the bright spots of hope that allow its always resourceful, often frustrated population to continue living, and thriving.

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Praise for The Passenger

"A wonderful publication and a beautiful object. The Passenger is a pleasure to read, to hold, and to look at."–La Repubblica

"A must-read. Much more than a travel guide, The Passenger is indispensable for any reader who is curious about the world."–Il Venerdì

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Details

ISBN-10: 1787702421
ISBN-13: 9781787702424
Publisher: Passenger
Publish Date: 02/09/2021
Dimensions: 9.40" L, 6.30" W, 0.70" H
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