From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan
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Book Overview "A richly textured human history." --The New York Times"A dizzying tour de force . . . From Life Itself leaves the reader with a sense of...
"A richly textured human history." --The New York Times
"A dizzying tour de force . . . From Life Itself leaves the reader with a sense of wonder." --Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or and The Idiot
One neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval.
Karagümrük, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Suzy Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story?
During a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karag
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 352 | Language: English | Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX | ISBN: 0374298432
FormatHardcover
Pages352
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0374298432
EAN9780374298432
PublisherFARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Publication Date2026-04-28
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.23 Pounds
Length9.3 Inches
Width6.24 Inches
Height1.16 Inches
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