Suzy Hansen on Turkey and an Istanbul neighborhood in the age of Erdoğan

Journalist Suzy Hansen on “From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

The book focuses on Istanbul’s Karagumruk neighbourhood to explore the everyday impact of geopolitical upheaval, economic turbulence and the arrival of Syrian migrants in Turkey.

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