Angle, Anchor, and Voice

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With love, from Erdoğan's Turkey to Trump's America

While Erdoğan and Trump sit together, let this sister of yours offer a pocket atlas of the troubles we endured in Turkey — and that you are bound to face in Trump’s America.
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Angle, Anchor, and Voice
Angle, Anchor, and Voice
Journalist and academic Ezgi Başaran’s commentary on current affairs, focused on Turkey and the Middle East, alongside recommendations for books, articles, and podcasts, as well as highlights from seminars at Oxford.
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