Benjamin Fortna on change and continuity in Ottoman and Turkish history

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)

The book spans the emergence of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. The interview addresses the challenges of trying to fit so much history into such a compressed form, appealing to a popular readership, and the recurring themes that emerge over the course of so many centuries.

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