Turkey Book Talk

Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks. Contact via: williamjohnarmstrong[at]gmail[dot]com.

Turkey Book Talk is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Turkey Book Talk, a general show with 10 episodes published.

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  Marc Sinan Winrow on Turkey and the ‘liberal international order’

  Sep 15, 2026—

  Turkey Book Talk #278 – Marc Sinan Winrow, post-doctoral research assistant at the London School of Economics, on “Turkey and the Liberal International Order: Hegemony, Contestation and the Politics of Articulation Since 1919” (Agenda Publishing, Edinburgh University Press) The conversation addresses Turkey’s position on the edge of the Western-led international order over the past century, […]

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  Benjamin Fortna on change and continuity in Ottoman and Turkish history

  Sep 1, 2026—

  Turkey Book Talk #277 – Benjamin Fortna, professor of history at the University of Arizona, on “The Shortest History of Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic” (Old Street Publishing) In just over 200 pages, the book spans the emergence of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. The interview addresses the challenges of trying to […]

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  Işılay Gürsu on archaeology and public perceptions in Turkey

  Aug 18, 2026—

  Turkey Book Talk #276 – Işılay Gürsu, assistant director at the British Institute in Ankara, on “Public Dialogues in Archaeology: New Methodologies from Turkey” (Bloomsbury Academic). The book explores the Turkish public’s views of the country’s rich archaeological heritage, the hunt for hidden treasure at historic sites across the country, and efforts to repatriate ancient […]

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  Onur İnal on the rise of late Ottoman İzmir

  Aug 4, 2026—

  Turkey Book Talk #275 – Onur İnal of the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Vienna on “Gateway to the Mediterranean: An Environmental History of Late Ottoman Izmir” (Cambridge University Press). The book describes how the cosmopolitan coastal city of Izmir, often known in Europe at the time as Smyrna, flourished in […]

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  Sinem Adar on Turkey’s role in a fracturing Western alliance

  Jul 21, 2026—

  Turkey Book Talk #274 – Sinem Adar, head of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, returns to the podcast. The conversation takes stock of Turkey’s international profile and domestic political trajectory after its recent hosting of the NATO summit in Ankara. Download the episode or listen below: […]

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